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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000

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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Cross Heading: Which third parties may incur expenditure is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1Which third parties may incur expenditureU.K.

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F1S. 89A and cross-heading inserted (24.11.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 26(1), 67(1) (with s. 26(3)(4)); S.I. 2022/1226, reg. 2(c)

89ARestriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditureU.K.

(1)No amount of controlled expenditure may be incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a reserved regulated period unless the third party—

(a)falls within any paragraph of section 88(2) (third parties eligible to give notification), or

(b)is an unincorporated association with the requisite UK connection.

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any expenses incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a reserved regulated period which do not in total exceed £700.

(3)Subsections (4) and (5) apply where expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a third party in contravention of subsection (1).

(4)If the third party is not an individual—

(a)any person who authorised the expenses to be incurred by or on behalf of the third party is guilty of an offence if the person knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1), and

(b)the third party is also guilty of an offence.

(5)If the third party is an individual, the individual is guilty of an offence if they knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1).

(6)An unincorporated association has “the requisite UK connection” if it consists of two or more persons both or all of whom are registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of a declaration made under and in accordance with section 1C of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (overseas elector’s declaration).

(7)In this section—

  • register of parliamentary electors” means a register of parliamentary electors maintained under section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1983;

  • reserved regulated period” means a period in relation to which any limit is imposed by paragraph 3, 7, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 10 (periods involving parliamentary general elections or general elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly).]

[F289BRestriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure: Senedd Cymru electionsU.K.

(1)No amount of controlled expenditure may be incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a Welsh devolved regulated period unless the third party falls within any paragraph of section 88(2) (third parties eligible to give notification).

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to any expenses incurred by or on behalf of a third party during a Welsh devolved regulated period which do not in total exceed £700.

(3)Subsections (4) and (5) apply where expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a third party in contravention of subsection (1).

(4)If the third party is not an individual—

(a)any person who authorised the expenses to be incurred by or on behalf of the third party is guilty of an offence if the person knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1), and

(b)the third party is also guilty of an offence.

(5)If the third party is an individual, the individual is guilty of an offence if they knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in contravention of subsection (1).

(6)A “Welsh devolved regulated period means a period in relation to which any limit is imposed by paragraph 6 of Schedule 10 (periods involving general elections to Senedd Cymru).]

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