Guidelines for Political Parties on Exchequer funding under the Electoral Acts (March 2009 edition).

3. Appropriate Officer

Section 71(1) of the Act requires each political party to appoint an appropriate officer. One of the functions of the appropriate officer under the Act is to furnish the party's annual Statement of Expenditure of Exchequer funding and public auditor's report to the Standards Commission. Qualified political parties must notify both the Standards Commission and the Minister for Finance of the name and address of their appropriate officer. They should also notify the Standards Commission and the Minister for Finance of any change of appropriate officer. Where at any time no appropriate officer is appointed, the leader of the party is deemed to be its appropriate officer.

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