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subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

    "(1) In this section:

    'authorised officer' means a person authorised by the Electoral Commission under subsection (2);

    'prescribed person' means a person whose name is included in a list in a report mentioned in subsection 17 (2a).";

    (b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

    "(2a) An authorised officer may, for the purpose of finding out whether a prescribed person or the agent of a registered political party has complied with this Part, by notice served personally or by post on:

         (a) the agent or any officer of the political party; or

         (b) the prescribed person or, if the prescribed person is a body corporate, any of its officers;

    as the case may be, require the agent, person or officer:

         (c) to produce, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, the documents or other things referred to in the notice; or

         (d) to appear, at a time and place specified in the notice, before the authorised officer to give evidence, either orally or in writing, and to produce the documents or other things referred to in the notice.";

    (c) by inserting in subsections (4), (5) and (6) "(2a) or" after "subsection";

    (d) by omitting from paragraph (7) (b) "subsection (3)" and substituting "this section".

Records to be kept

25. Section 317 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by inserting ", on or after the commencement of Part 3 of the Political Broadcasts and Political Disclosures Act 1991" after "Where";

    (b) by omitting "one year" and substituting "3 years".

26. After section 318 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Application of subsections 305 (1) and 309 (4) in certain cases

"318a. (1) If subsection 305 (1) or 309 (4) applies to a person, the fact that the person's name is not included in a list of the kind mentioned in subsection 17 (2a) does not affect that application.

"(2) Subsection 305 (1) or 309 (4) is not taken to apply to a person merely because the person's name is included in a list of the kind mentioned in subsection 17 (2a).".

Inspection and supply of copies of claims and returns

27. Section 320 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

"; and (c) each return under Division 5a";

    (b) by omitting from subsection (4) "subsection (1)" and substituting "paragraph (1) (a) or (b)";

    (c) by adding at the end the following subsection:

    "(5) A person is not entitled, under subsection (2), (2a) or (3), to peruse, or to obtain a copy of, a return referred to in paragraph (1) (c) until the