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(g) for reportable political donations received and accepted by or on behalf of an individual who is a senior political party official or is designated under section 48(1) as a politically significant person—that individual.

Accompanying declaration to donation report

65.—(1) Subject to this Act, every donation report required by section 62 in relation to a politically significant person must be accompanied by a declaration—

(a) made by every person who is, under section 64, responsible for making disclosure of reportable political donations received and accepted by the politically significant person in the reporting period to which the donation report relates; and
(b) containing the statements described in subsection (2) or (3).

(2) The declaration which must accompany a donation report for a Part 4 politically significant person must contain a statement stating, to the best of the knowledge and belief of every person who is, under section 64, responsible for making disclosure of reportable political donations for the Part 4 politically significant person—

(a) if no prohibited donor directive, anonymous donations directive or political donations fund directive has been given under section 67, 68 or 69 for the reporting period to which the report relates, that during that reporting period no other reportable political donations have been accepted by the Part 4 politically significant person;
(b) if a prohibited donor directive has been given for the reporting period to which the report relates, that during that reporting period—
(i) no political donation from a prohibited donor in relation to the Part 4 politically significant entity has been so accepted by the Part 4 politically significant person; and