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(1)This section applies in relation to a local government election in Scotland.
[F2(2)In this Part of this Act, “election expenses”, in relation to a candidate at such an election, means any expenses incurred at any time in respect of any matter specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4B which is used—
(a)for the purposes of the candidate’s election, and
(b)after the date when the candidate becomes a candidate at the election.]
F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)No election expenses are to be regarded as incurred by virtue of subsection (2) above or section 90C below in respect of any matter specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4B.
(5)In this section and in section 90C below, “for the purposes of the candidate's election” means with a view to, or otherwise in connection with, promoting or procuring the candidate's election at the election.
(6)For the purposes of this Part of this Act so far as applying to a local government election in Scotland, election expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at the election if they are incurred—
(a)by the candidate or his election agent; or
(b)by any person authorised by the candidate or his election agent to incur expenses.
F4(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8)In this Part and in Part 3 of this Act so far as applying to a local government election in Scotland, any reference (in whatever terms) to promoting or procuring a candidate's election at an election includes doing so by prejudicing the electoral prospects of another candidate at the election.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 90ZB inserted (S.) (28.9.2021) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 17(3), 63(2); S.S.I. 2021/314, art. 2 (with art. 3)
F2S. 90ZB(2) substituted (25.11.2021) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/437), arts. 1(2), 3(4)(a) (with art. 1(3))
F3S. 90ZB(3) repealed (25.11.2021) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/437), arts. 1(2), 3(4)(b) (with art. 1(3))
F4S. 90ZB(7) repealed (25.11.2021) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/437), arts. 1(2), 3(4)(b) (with art. 1(3))
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