Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

E711902

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 is a key UK law that regulates party funding and campaign spending, establishes rules for national referendums, and created the Electoral Commission as the independent elections watchdog.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 canonical	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure fairness in referendum campaigns ⓘ increase transparency in political funding ⓘ prevent undue influence over political parties by large donors ⓘ
amendedBy	Electoral Administration Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 NERFINISHED ⓘ Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameIntoForce	in stages from 2000 onwards ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody	Electoral Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines	permissible donors to political parties ⓘ recognised third parties in election campaigns ⓘ referendum campaigners ⓘ regulated transactions such as loans ⓘ
empowers	Electoral Commission to impose civil sanctions ⓘ Electoral Commission to investigate breaches of campaign finance law ⓘ Electoral Commission to monitor compliance with party finance rules ⓘ
established	Electoral Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLongTitle	An Act to make provision with respect to the registration and finances of political parties, the conduct of referendums and the functions of the Electoral Commission and for connected purposes ⓘ
introducedRequirement	appointment of registered treasurers by political parties ⓘ controls on donations from permissible sources ⓘ designation of lead campaign organisations in referendums ⓘ limits on national campaign expenditure by political parties ⓘ referendum campaign reporting and transparency rules ⓘ referendum campaign spending limits ⓘ registration of political parties with the Electoral Commission ⓘ reporting of donations above specified thresholds ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	United Kingdom electoral law framework ⓘ
providesFor	controls on referendum question wording process ⓘ public reporting of party accounts ⓘ registration of political parties in Great Britain ⓘ registration of political parties in Northern Ireland ⓘ
regulates	campaign expenditure by political parties ⓘ campaign expenditure by third parties ⓘ funding of political parties in the United Kingdom ⓘ national referendum campaigns ⓘ political donations to parties ⓘ political donations to regulated donees ⓘ political loans and credit facilities ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2000-11-30 ⓘ
shortName	PPERA 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	campaign regulation ⓘ election campaign spending ⓘ national referendums ⓘ political donations ⓘ political party finance ⓘ
yearEnacted	2000 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UK Electoral Commission → legalBasis → Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ

UK Electoral Commission → formedBy → Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → relatedTo → Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 → amends → Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ

Northern Ireland elections policy (reserved aspects) → legalBasis → Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 ⓘ