88Council election campaign returns to be available for public inspection

88 Council election campaign returns to be available for public inspection

(1)  If a Council election campaign return, or an amended Council election campaign return, is lodged with the Commission under section 84 or section 86 , the Commission must ensure that –

(a) within 21 days, a copy of the Council election campaign return, or of the amended Council election campaign return, respectively, is published on a Commission website; and

(b) the copy continues to be so published for a period of at least 6 years.

(2)  The Commission may decline to publish on a Commission website, or may remove from a Commission website, any Council election campaign return, or amended Council election campaign return, that the Commission has reason to suspect is vexatious, false or misleading.

(3)  A copy of each Council election campaign return and each amended Council election campaign return –

(a) is to be kept by the Commission for a period of at least 6 years after the return is lodged with the Commission; and

(b) is to be available during that period for public inspection, at the offices of the Commission, during the ordinary office hours of the Commission.