Part 4: Regulation of Expenditure Controlled Expenditure etc Section 27: Third parties capable of giving notification for purposes of Part 6 of PPERA
Section 27 makes provision for the amendment of the list of eligible categories of third-party campaigners in section 88(2) of PPERA 2000. This allows for the ability to add, remove or amend categories of third-party campaigners from the list in section 88(2) should that be necessary. Any change would have an impact on who is permitted to incur controlled expenditure during regulated periods under new section 89A. Any change under subsection (1) would only apply in relation to third-party campaigning during reserved regulated periods.
	It is possible, therefore, that in the future following any such order, different categories of third parties will be eligible (or not) to submit a notification to the Electoral Commission under section 88 of PPERA during the same regulated period. For example, a third party may be eligible to register with the Commission during a regulated period for a standalone Scottish Parliamentary or Welsh Senedd election, but not eligible to register where such a regulated period overlaps with a UK parliamentary general election regulated period. If the regulated period for the devolved election is overlapped retrospectively by a regulated period for a UK parliamentary election the third party could become ineligible for the entirety of the combined regulated period
	Subsection (10) specifies that any order to remove or amend the description of a category in section 88(2) can only be made on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission.