The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004

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(1)	(2)
Provision	Modification
Section 111 (referendum expenses)	In subsection (2), for “in relation to a referendum to which this Part applies” substitute “in relation to a Regional Assembly referendum or local government referendum”.
	In subsection (3), after “asked in the referendum” insert “or, in the case of a local government referendum, any question asked at any other local government referendum held in the same region, at which the date of the referendum is the same date,”.
Section 112 (notional referendum expenses)
Section 113 (restriction on incurring referendum expenses)
Section 114 (restrictions on payments in respect of referendum expenses)
Section 115 (restrictions on making claims in respect of referendum expenses)
Section 116 (disputed claims)
Section 117 (general restriction on referendum expenses)	For subsection (1), substitute— “(1) The referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of any individual or body during the referendum period in relation to— (a) a Regional Assembly referendum, and (b) all the local government referendums, the polls at which are combined with the poll at the Regional Assembly referendum,must not in total exceed £10,000, unless the individual or body is a permitted participant at every referendum in relation to which the expenses are incurred.”
Section 118 (special restrictions on referendum expenses by permitted participants)	For subsection (1), substitute— “(1) Schedule 14 has effect for imposing, in connection with a Regional Assembly referendum, and all local government referendums at which the polls are taken together with the poll at the Regional Assembly referendum, limits on the combined total of referendum expenses that may be incurred by or on behalf of an individual or body as a permitted participant in relation to those referendums during the referendum period. (1A) In this section, sections 121 to 123 and Schedule 14, any reference to referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant during the referendum period means the combined total of referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of an individual or body, in relation to such of the Regional Assembly referendum and local government referendums in the region in question at which the individual or body is a permitted participant.”
Section 119 (control of donations to permitted participants)
Section 120 (returns as to referendum expenses)
Section 121 (auditor’s report on return)
Section 122 (delivery of returns to Commission)
Section 123 (declaration of responsible person as to return under section 120)
Section 124 (public inspection of returns under section 120)
Schedule 13 (referendum expenses; qualifying expenses)
Schedule 14, paragraph 2 (limits on referendum expenses by permitted participants)	In sub-paragraph (1), after “a referendum to which this Part applies” insert “including a local government referendum”.
Schedule 15 (control of donations to permitted participants)