Dr Jim Dyer reported Wendy Alexander for not recording gifts to her leadership campaign in the MSPs' register of interests.

The fiscal will decide whether the case merits police investigation.

Ms Alexander said last week parliament officials wrongly told her it was unnecessary to declare donations.

She has since updated her register with details of 10 donors who each gave around £1,000 to her campaign.

The procurator fiscal is Scotland's public prosecutor.

The Electoral Commission is separately investigating an illegal donation to her leadership campaign and has still to decide whether to report the matter to prosecutors.

The commission's other investigation involves a £950 donation from a Jersey-based businessman to support Ms Alexander's campaign.

The donation from Paul Green broke electoral law because the businessman is not a registered UK voter.

'Crisis to crisis'

Ms Alexander said parliament officials told her donations to her leadership campaign did not have to be recorded in her MSP register of interests.

But Standards Commissioner Dr Dyer has taken advice from a QC and told the Labour leader all donations over £520 are classed as "gifts" and should have been declared.

Ms Alexander said she was now updating her register and has challenged MSPs from all parties who have stood in previous leadership contests to follow her example.

The Scottish Labour leader has insisted that she remains confident of being cleared of any "intentional" wrongdoing relating to her campaign fund.

Last week the SNP's Roseanna Cunningham said Ms Alexander's position was becoming "more and more untenable".

She said Ms Alexander's leadership was "lurching from crisis to crisis", adding that it was "clear the vultures in the Labour party are circling".

(BBC)

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