Non-party campaigners: Senedd elections

Donation

Under the Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA), a donation is money, goods or services given to a registered non-party campaigner 

• without charge or on non-commercial terms
• for the purpose of meeting spending on regulated campaign activities
• with a value of over £500.1

Some examples of donations include: 

• a gift of money or property 
• sponsorship of an event or publication 
• subscription or affiliation payments 
• free or specially discounted use of an office

See What is a donation? for more information.

Leave to pay

You must receive and pay invoices for regulated campaign spending within certain deadlines. If invoices remain unpaid after the deadline, you, or the supplier, must obtain a court order or judgement enabling you to pay it.2  This authorisation is known as leave to pay.

See Time limits for receiving and paying invoices for more information.

Market value

The price that might reasonably be expected to be paid for an item, goods or service if the item was on sale in the open market.3

Registration threshold 

Non-party campaigners intending to spend more than £10,000 on regulated campaign activity must register with the Commission.4  After registering, they will appear on the register of non-party campaigners.

Permissible

We use the term permissible to refer to donations that registered non-party campaigners are allowed to accept under PPERA.

Relevant participators/details

Under the law, some organisations must provide the names of the people that make up their governing bodies or committees when they register with the Commission. In law these are known as the organisation’s ‘relevant participators’ or ‘relevant details’.5

See Relevant participators and relevant details for more information.

Responsible person

The individual responsible for ensuring the registered non-party campaigner follows the laws on spending, donations and reporting set out in PPERA.6

See Responsible person for more information.