SCHEDULE 9 Limits on campaign expenditure
Part I Introductory
Interpretation
1
(1)
In this Schedule—
(a)
“an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 2 of the M1Scotland Act 1998;
(b)
“an extraordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament” means an election held under section 3 of the M2Scotland Act 1998;
(c)
“an ordinary election to the Welsh Assembly” means an election held under section 3 of the M3Government of Wales Act 1998;
(d)
“an ordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 31 of the M4Northern Ireland Act 1998; and
(e)
“an extraordinary general election to the Northern Ireland Assembly” means an election held under section 32 of the M5Northern Ireland Act 1998.
(2)
For the purposes of this Schedule a registered party—
(a)
contests a constituency if any candidate stands for election for that constituency in the name of the party; and
(b)
contests any region if the party is included in the statement of parties and candidates nominated for that region.
(3)
For the purposes of this Schedule a parliamentary general election is pending during the period—
(a)
beginning with the date on which Her Majesty’s intention to dissolve Parliament is announced in connection with a forthcoming parliamentary general election, and
(b)
ending with the date of the poll for that election.