145Public access to claims and related documents

145 Public access to claims and related documents

(1)  The Commission must keep a copy of each claim made for a payment under this Part lodged with the Commission, together with any documents relating to the assessment of the claim by the Commission, for a period of at least 6 years after the polling day for the election to which it or they relate.

(2)  The Commission, within 21 days after any claim referred to in subsection (1) is lodged with the Commission, is to, for a period of at least 6 years, publish, on a Commission website, a copy of the claim.

(3)  A copy of each claim, referred to in subsection (1) , that is lodged with the Commission is to be available for public inspection, at the offices of the Commission, during the period for which such claims are required under this section to be kept, during the ordinary office hours of the Commission.