Part 6: Information to be included with Electronic Material Requirements Section 50: Enforcement by the Commission
Section 50 makes provision for the Electoral Commission to impose civil sanctions (this does not prevent appropriate cases being referred to or investigated by the police) by applying Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 19C of PPERA and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) in respect of certain offences. Those offences are set out in subsection (2). The Commission’s enforcement powers for paid-for electronic material are limited to offences related to registered parties and categories of registered parties, candidates and future candidates (subsection (2)(a)(i)), categories of elected office holders (subsection (2)(a)(ii)) and referendums (subsection (2)(a)(iii)). All other offences relating to paid-for electronic material fall to be enforced by the police and the courts.
	The Commission’s enforcement powers for unpaid other electronic material are limited to referendums (subsection(2)(b)(i)), registered parties and categories of registered parties, candidates or future candidates (subsection(2)(b)(ii)). The police and the courts are responsible for the enforcement of all other offences relating to other electronic material.