The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020

Amendment of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015

9.—(1) Article 43 (limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates at Scottish Parliament general elections) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) Where the date of the poll at a Scottish parliamentary election has been postponed by proclamation under section 2(5) or section 3(2B) of the Scotland Act 1998(1), the permitted amount will have effect in relation to any candidate at that election as if the amount specified in paragraph (5) were increased by one half.”.

(3) For paragraph (8) substitute—

“(8) Expenses incurred by or on behalf of the candidate which are—

(a) personal expenses,

(b) reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to individuals’ disability,

(c) reasonable expenses incurred in providing for the protection of persons of property at rallies or other public events, or

(d) reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to the translation of anything into languages other than English,

do not count towards the permitted amount.”.

(1)

Section 2(5) of the 1998 Act was amended by section 5(5) of the 2016 Act and section 3(2)(a) of the 2020 Act. Section 3(2B) of the 1998 Act was added by section 3(3) of the 2020 Act.