Committee on Standards in Public Life: Regulating Election Finance: report
R21-45
Published July 2021
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Criminal offences in the RPA that relate to essentially administrative requirements, should be decriminalised and replaced with civil sanctions. The Electoral Commission’s regulatory powers should be expanded to include the enforcement of civil sanctions for candidates.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Regulating Election Finance: report, July 2021