Part II The Election Campaign

Election expenses

F175ZAReturn of permitted expenditure: power to require return

(1)

The returning officer or the Electoral Commission may, at any time during the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the poll at a parliamentary election, request a relevant person to deliver to the officer or Commission a return of permitted expenditure in relation to a candidate at the election who is specified in the request.

(2)

“Relevant person” means a person who—

(a)

is not required to deliver a return under section 75(2) in relation to the candidate, and

(b)

is not the candidate, the candidate's election agent, or a person engaged or employed for payment or promise of payment by the candidate or the candidate's election agent.

(3)

“Return of permitted expenditure” means a return—

(a)

showing all permitted expenses incurred by the person in relation to the candidate, or

(b)

stating that the person incurred no such expenses or that the total such expenses incurred by the person was £200 or less.

(4)

“Permitted expense”, in relation to a candidate, means an expense incurred by the person in respect of the candidate which, if the person had been required to deliver a return under section 75(2) in relation to the candidate, would have been required to be included in that return.