6(1)This paragraph imposes limits in relation to an ordinary election to the Welsh Assembly.
(2)The limit applying to controlled expenditure which is incurred by or on behalf of a recognised third party in the relevant period in Wales is £30,000.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph “the relevant period” is the period beginning with the appropriate date (as defined by sub-paragraph (4)) and ending with the date of the poll.
(4)In sub-paragraph (3) “the appropriate date” is the date which falls four months before the date of the poll where—
(a)the date of the poll is that determined by section 3(2) of the [1998 c. 38.] Government of Wales Act 1998;
(b)no less than five months before the day on which the poll would have taken place under section 3(2) of that Act, the date of the poll is brought forward under section 3(3) of that Act; or
(c)no less than four months before the day on which the poll would have taken place under section 3(2) of the Act, the date of the poll is postponed under section 3(3) of that Act;
but where the date of the poll is brought forward or postponed otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) above “the appropriate date” means the date which falls four months before the date when the poll would have taken place under section 3(2) of that Act.