SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 10 Limits on controlled expenditure
Part III Limits applying in special circumstances
Combination of limit under paragraph 9 and other limit
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1
This paragraph imposes a limit where—
a
paragraph 9 would (apart from this paragraph) impose a limit on controlled expenditure in relation to a period that would either be—
i
a relevant period for the purposes of paragraph 9(3), or
ii
a first relevant period for the purposes of paragraph 9(5); and
b
any period (“the other controlled period”) which is the relevant period for the purposes of any of paragraphs 4 to 8, but is not a period during which the parliamentary general election is pending, either—
i
falls wholly within, or
ii
ends at any time falling within,
the period mentioned in paragraph (a).
2
In such a case—
a
the limit imposed by paragraph 9 shall not apply in relation to the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a); and
b
instead the limit imposed by this paragraph shall apply in relation to the period which is the combined period for the purposes of this paragraph.
3
The limit applying to controlled expenditure which is incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party during the combined period in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) is the aggregate of—
a
the limit which by virtue of paragraph 9 would (apart from this paragraph) apply to such expenditure incurred in that part of the United Kingdom during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a); and
b
the limit applying, by virtue of paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 (as the case may be), to such expenditure incurred in that part of the United Kingdom during the relevant period for the purposes of that paragraph.
4
For the purposes of this paragraph “the combined period” is the period which begins with whichever is the earlier of the following, namely—
a
the beginning of the period which is the relevant period for the purposes of paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 (as the case may be), and
b
the beginning of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a),
and ends at the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
5
Nothing in this paragraph affects the application of any limit imposed by virtue of paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 in relation to any period which is a relevant period for the purposes of that paragraph.