R5-57

Registered third parties should be required, as a condition of continued registration, to set up a separate election fund. They should be required to disclose to the Election Commission (and the Election Commission should publish) the source and amount of any donation of £5,000 or more. They should also be barred from accepting any donations into their political fund from any source other than a permissible source (as defined in Chapter 5 of this report) and be required to make a formal declaration that they have used their best endeavours to determine that they have not accepted any donations from a non-permitted source. The Election Commission should have similar investigatory powers in respect of third parties as it has in respect of political parties.