71H

(1)A registered party must not-
(a)be a party to a regulated transaction to which any of the other parties is not an authorised participant;
(b)derive a benefit in consequence of a connected transaction if any of the parties to that transaction is not an authorised participant.
(2)This section does not apply to a regulated transaction if it was entered into before the commencement of section 61 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.
(3)In this Part, an authorised participant is a person who is a permissible donor within the meaning of section 54(2).
(3A)As respects a registered party whose entry in the register includes a statement that it intends to contest one or more elections to the European Parliament in the combined region, "authorised participant" means a person who is a permissible donor under section 54(2A).
(3B)In its application for the purposes of this Part by virtue of subsection (3A), section 54(2A) has effect as if for "the donation is received" there were substituted the regulated transaction is entered into.
(4)The Secretary of State may, by order, specify circumstances or any description of circumstances in which a person who is not a permissible donor is to be treated as an authorised participant.