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Political Parties and Elections Bill

The noble Lord has just used the word "unpredictable". What happens if our treasurer is on his Caribbean island when he receives the notice and he knows that the document is in London? If he is not coming back to London for a couple of months and there is no way in which he can get access to the documents, or if, for some reason, it is not possible for him to locate the documents in London or interview some of his colleagues in London who might have evidence that he feels should be given to the Electoral Commission, does that mean that he will be in default of the notice? Surely there has to be some flexibility to provide for circumstances under which it would be impossible to comply within a certain date. There must be some arrangement whereby he can go back to the commission and say, "Look, I need more time".