Reform Jersey's donations ledger (FOI)

Request

Please provide Reform Jersey's donations ledger that was submitted for the election in 2022.

Response

Any information held in response to this request has to be published by the Jersey Electoral Authority (JEA) on the Vote.je - The Official Voting Guide for Jersey website and is therefore absolutely exempt information under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

The Official Voting Guide for Jersey (vote.je) 

Article 13A of the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 creates the requirement for a political party to declare “reportable donations” to the JEA. Under Article 13B it is an offence to fail to comply with the declaration requirements. The threshold amount for a reportable donation is set at £500 by the Public Elections (Donations to Political Parties – Threshold Amount) (Jersey) Regulations 2022. There is no requirement to declare donations under threshold amount of £500.

Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 (jerseylaw.je)

Public Elections (Donations to Political Parties – Threshold Amount) (Jersey) Regulations 2022 (jerseylaw.je)

Under Article 16 of Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 the JEA must publish each declaration made under Article 13A in such manner as it considers appropriate. The JEA complies with Article 16 by publishing all declarations on the Vote.je - The Official Voting Guide for Jersey website. You may use the search box on the site to find the page for a particular Party.

Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 (jerseylaw.je)

The Official Voting Guide for Jersey (vote.je)

Article applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.