Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

[F1 Part 1 U.K. Qualifying expenses

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8A inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), s. 45(3)(b), Sch. 3 (with s. 46(1)(2))

1 U.K. For the purposes of section 85(2) the expenses falling within this Part of this Schedule are expenses incurred in respect of any of the matters set out in the following list.

List of matters

(1)

The production or publication of material which is made available to the public at large or any section of the public (in whatever form and by whatever means).

(2)

Canvassing, or market research seeking views or information from, members of the public.

(3)

Press conferences, or other media events, organised by or on behalf of the third party.

(4)

Transport (by any means) of persons to any place or places with a view to obtaining publicity.

(5)

Public rallies or other public events, other than—

(a)

annual conferences of the third party, or

(b)

any public procession or protest meeting, within the meaning of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998, in respect of which notice is given in accordance with section 6 or 7 of that Act (advance notice of public processions or related protest meetings).

Expenses in respect of such events include costs incurred in connection with the attendance of persons at such events, the hire of premises for the purposes of such events or the provision of goods, services or facilities at them.

But expenses in respect of such events do not include costs incurred in providing for the protection of persons or property.

2 (1) Nothing in paragraph 1 extends to— U.K.

(a) expenses incurred in respect of the publication of any matter relating to an election, other than an advertisement, in—

(i) a newspaper or periodical,

(ii) a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation, by Sianel Pedwar Cymru or by the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation, or

(iii) a programme included in any service licensed under Part 1 or 3 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996;

(b) expenses incurred in respect of, or in consequence of, the translation of anything from English into Welsh or from Welsh into English;

(c) reasonable personal expenses incurred by an individual in travelling or in providing for the individual's accommodation or other personal needs;

(d) reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to an individual's disability;

(e) expenses incurred in respect of the provision by any individual of the individual's own services which the individual provides voluntarily in the individual's own time and free of charge.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), “disability” has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010 (see section 6 of that Act).]

[F2 (3) In relation to polls at elections for membership of the Scottish Parliament, nothing in paragraph 1 is to be taken as extending to reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to the translation of anything into languages other than English.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 8A para. 2(3) inserted (S.) (11.12.2020) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/426), arts. 1(1), 22 (with art. 1(2))