Enforcement by the Comission

(1) Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 19C to PPERA (civil sanctions) and the PoliticalParties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860)apply (subject to the following provisions of this section) in relation to an offence towhich this section applies as they apply in relation to a prescribed offence under thatAct.
(2) This section applies to—

(a) an offence under section 48(1) which relates to the publication of electronicmaterial which can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve a purposewithin—

(i) section 43(2) (registered parties etc),
(ii) section 43(7) (categories of elected office-holders), or
(iii) section 43(9) (referendums) where the referendum in question is areferendum to which Part 7 of PPERA applies and the electronicmaterial is published during the referendum period (within themeaning of that Part) for that referendum, or

(b) an offence under section 48(1) which relates to the publication of electronicmaterial—

(i) which falls within section 44(2)(b) (referendums), or
(ii) which can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve a purposewithin section 45(2) (registered parties etc).

(3) In the application of paragraph 23 of Schedule 19C to PPERA (use of statementsmade compulsorily) by virtue of this section, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) ofthat paragraph to Schedule 19B to that Act is to be read as including a referenceto Schedule 12 to this Act.
(4) In the application of paragraph 13(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Political Parties, Electionsand Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) by virtue of thissection, the reference to PPERA and that Order is to be read as a reference to that Actand that Order as they are applied by this section.