Part 6: Information to be included with Electronic Material Definitions Section 40: Definitions relating to parties etc
Section 40 defines the political entities that are referenced throughout this Part and are relevant to the requirements to include an imprint on paid-for and other electronic material:
Registered party
Recognised third party
Candidate
Future candidate
Elected office-holder
Referendum campaigner
Recall petition campaigner
Recall petition
	Subsection (5) defines ‘future candidate’, which means a person who is a future candidate at an election for a relevant elective office or a relevant Scottish elective office, as defined in section 32(3). This category is intended to avoid any potential ambiguity in relation to when an imprint is required which could arise from candidates only being legally recognised for a limited pre-election period, despite the fact they may have been campaigning long before then.
	Subsection (9) defines recall petition as having the same meaning as in the Recall of MPs Act 2015.
	Subsection (10) clarifies that references to candidate, future candidate or elected office-holders in this part of the Act include a candidate or future candidate at, or a person elected at, a municipal election in the City of London. In other words, all City of London elections so defined will be subject to the digital imprint regime.