Part 4: Regulation of Expenditure Registration of parties etc Section 24: Prohibition on entities being registered political parties and recognised third parties at same time
Section 24 narrows the registration criteria for political parties so as to exclude third parties (new subsection (7A) inserted into section 28 PPERA) which means that recognised third-party campaigners are not able to register as a political party if their notification as a third-party campaigner remains in force. Registered parties are removed from the list of categories of third-party campaigners eligible to register with the Commission in PPERA 2000, section 88(2). Section 24 also makes a series of consequential amendments as a result.