The Health Professions Council (Election Scheme) Rules Order of Council 2004

Expenditure by Candidates

14.—(1) The expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a candidate in the conduct or management of any election shall not exceed £500.

(2) For the purposes of these Rules “expenditure” means any relevant expenditure made or incurred between the date on which the Returning Officer published the notice required by rule 5(1) and polling day and includes—

(a) the cost of preparing pamphlets or circulars;

(b) the cost of advertisements in newspapers or elsewhere;

(c) the cost of meetings convened for the purpose of the election (including a share in the costs of such meetings arranged by or for candidates jointly); and

(d) postal and telephone charges incurred in connection with the election,

but excludes the reasonable travelling and subsistence expenses of the candidate and the candidate’s family, the reasonable travelling and subsistence expenses of other persons which are not defrayed by or on behalf of the candidate and any costs incurred by the Council, the Returning Officer of the Independent Scrutineer under rules 6 and 9.