Part IIU.K. The Election Campaign

Election expensesU.K.

89 Inspection of returns and declarations.U.K.

[F1(1)Where the appropriate officer receives any return or declaration under section 75, [F275A,] 81 or 82 above he shall—

(a)as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the return or declaration make a copy of it, and any accompanying documents, available for public inspection at his office, or some other convenient place chosen by him, for a period of two years beginning with the date when the return is received by him;

(b)if requested to do so by any person, and on payment of the prescribed fee, supply that person with a copy of the return or declaration and any accompanying documents.

(1A)If any such return contains a statement of donations in accordance with [F3paragraph 10 of Schedule 2A to this Act] above, the appropriate officer shall secure that the copy of the statement made available for public inspection under subsection (1)(a) above or (as the case may be) supplied under subsection (1)(b) above does not include, in the case of any donation by an individual, the donor’s address.]

(2)After the expiry of those two years the appropriate officer—

(a)may cause those returns and declarations (including the accompanying documents) to be destroyed, or

(b)if the candidate or his election agent so require, shall return them to the candidate.

(3)Any returns or declarations [F4delivered] under section 75 [F5or 75A] shall be returned not to the candidate (if he or his election agent so require) but to the person [F4delivering] them, if he so requires.