C1Part II The Election Campaign

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. II (ss. 67-119) applied with modifications (E.W.) by S.I. 1987/1, Rules, 2, 6 and S.I. 1986/2215, Rules 2, 9 (which S.I. was revoked (2.1.2007) by S.I. 2006/3305, rule1(4), Sch. 1)

Election expenses

C3C474 Candidate’s personal expenses, and petty expenses. C2

1

The candidate at an election may pay any personal expenses incurred by him on account of or in connection with or incidental to the election, but

F1a

the amount which a candidate at a parliamentary election may pay shall not exceed F2£600,.

F3b

the amount which a candidate at an election of the Mayor of London may pay shall not exceed £5,000,

c

the amount which a candidate at an election of a constituency member of the London Assembly may pay shall not exceed £600, and

d

the amount which a candidate to be a London member of the London Assembly at an ordinary election may pay shall not exceed £900,

and, where paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above applies,any further personal expenses so incurred by him shall be paid by his election agent.

F41A

In the application of subsection (1) above in relation to a person who is a candidate in two or more Authority elections those elections shall be treated—

a

if one of them is an election of the Mayor of London, as if they together constituted a single election falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

b

in any other case, as if they together constituted a single election falling within paragraph (d) of that subsection.

2

The candidate shall send to his election agent within the time limited by this Act for sending in claims a written statement of the amount ofpersonal expenses paid as mentioned aboveby the candidate.

3

Any person may, if so authorised in writing by the candidate’s election agent, pay any necessary expenses for stationery, postage, telegrams (or any similar means of communication) and other petty expenses, to a total amount not exceeding that named in the authority, but any excess above the total amount so named shall be paid by the election agent.

4

A statement of the particulars of payments made by any person so authorised shall be sent to the election agent within the time limited by this Act for sending in claims, and shall be vouched for by a bill containing that person’s receipt.