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<p><del class="ministerial">One organisation has been fined for failing to comply
with regulations on third party campaigning set out in the Transparency of Lobbying,
Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. The Electoral Commission
announced on 19 April 2017 that it had imposed a civil monetary penalty on Greenpeace
Ltd, as the organisation did not register with the Electoral Commission at the 2015
General Election. Greenpeace Ltd was fined a total of £30,000.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
rules on third party campaigning at elections are set out in the Political Parties
Elections and Referendums Act 2000. These rules were amended by the Transparency of
Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Since the amendments made by the 2014 Act came into force, three
organisations have been fined by the Electoral Commission. On 19 April 2016, the Electoral
Commission announced that it had fined Steve Hart from the Centre for Labour and Social
Studies £1100 for failing to deliver two donations reports on time. On 19 April 2017,
the Commission announced that it had fined Greenpeace Limited a total of £30,000 and
Friends of the Earth Limited £1000. Both organisations did not register with the Electoral
Commission at the 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election before spending in excess
of the registration threshold.</ins></p>
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