Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

[F1 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,

[F2 (ii) a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation or by Sianel Pedwar Cymru, 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;

[F3 (f) in relation to an election for the purposes of which a limit is imposed by paragraph 3, 7, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 10 (limits for periods relating to parliamentary general elections or general elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly), reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to the protection of persons or property.]

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

[F4 (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

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))

F2 Sch. 8A para. 2(1)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 4(7) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))

F3 Sch. 8A para. 2(1)(f) inserted (26.3.2024) by The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2)(b) (with reg. 6)

F4 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))