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(ii) a prohibited donor in relation to the politically significant person; and
(c) if the donor is a permissible donor and not a prohibited donor, all such details in respect of the donor as are required by the Regulations to be given in respect of a donor of a reportable political donation.

(2) If a politically significant person receives a donation which the politically significant person is prohibited from accepting by virtue of section 56, 57 or 58, or which the politically significant person has decided the politically significant person should for any reason refuse, then within the grace period—

(a) in the case of an anonymous political donation, the requirements of section 59 must be complied with in respect of the whole donation; or
(b) in any other case, the political donation must be sent back, or a payment of an equivalent amount must be sent, to—
(i) the person who made the donation; or
(ii) any other person appearing to be acting on behalf of the person in sub-paragraph (i).

(3) In subsection (2), the “grace period”, in relation to a politically significant person who or which has received a political donation, means a period of 30 days starting the date when the donation is so received by the politically significant person.

(4) If—

(a) a politically significant person receives a donation which the politically significant person is prohibited from accepting by virtue of section 56, 57 or 58;
(b) at the end of the grace period applicable to that donation, subsection (2)(a) and (b) is not complied with; and