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.