SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the 1962 Act

Part 2Amendments to Part 9 (Questioning of elections) and Part 10 (Electoral misdemeanours)

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1

Paragraph 21 is amended as follows.

2

Omit sub-paragraph (1).

3

For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

2

Where any election expenses are incurred in excess of the maximum amount specified in section 42(1ZB) (limitation of election expenses) any candidate or election agent who—

a

incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, and

b

knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that maximum amount, is guilty of an illegal practice.