Committee on Standards in Public Life: Regulating Election Finance: report
R21-27
Published July 2021
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Criminal offences in PPERA that relate to essentially administrative requirements, such as the late submission of spending returns, should be decriminalised. The government should consult the Electoral Commission to identify those offences which fall into this category.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Regulating Election Finance: report, July 2021