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f. Page 82, line 15, proposed new paragraph 200(2)(b), after subparagraph (i) insert the following subparagraph:
"(ia) where the appointment is made by a non-party group - by a member of the group; or".
g. Page 82, line 24, proposed new section 201, after subsection (1) insert the following subsection:
"(1A) Where there is no appointment in force under section 200 in relation to a non-party group, each member of the group shall be taken to be a reporting agent for the group.".
h. Page 82, line 34, proposed new subsection 202(2), after "Register of" insert "Non-party Group and".
i. Page 83, line 27, proposed new section 203, add at the end the following subsections:
"(4) For the purposes of this Division, an eligible vote cast for a member of a non-party group shall be taken to be cast not for the member but for the group.
"(5) For the purposes of this Division, electoral expenditure in relation to an election incurred by or with the authority of a member of a non-party group shall be taken to be electoral expenditure in relation to the election incurred by the group.".
Again, Madam Speaker, I believe that these are consequential amendments following on from the Assembly's decision previously about non-party groups. They are merely to reflect in all of those parts of the Bill the fact that we now have to take account of non-party groups as well.
MR HUMPHRIES (1.35): Madam Speaker, my party supports these amendments. They are consequential. I raise a query about amendment i. on that sheet. That adds two new subsections to proposed new section 203. The first of those says:
... an eligible vote cast for a member of a non-party group shall be taken to be cast not for the member but for the group.
I suppose that that is reasonable in that sense. Then the second says:
For the purposes of this Division, electoral expenditure in relation to an election incurred by or with the authority of a member of a non-party group shall be taken to be electoral expenditure in relation to the election incurred by the group.
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