Section 21 - Power to set Senedd election campaign expenditure limits in connection with section 1 and Part 2
86.In connection with the changes made by section 1 (number of Members of the Senedd and Senedd constituencies) and Part 2 (voting system at Senedd general elections and Allocation of Seats), section 21 provides the Welsh Ministers with a power to make regulations to amend paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Political Parties, Elections, and Referendums Act 2000 (limits on campaign expenditure) to set the limits for campaign expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a registered party that is contesting seats in a general election to the Senedd.
87.Such limits may be set by reference to either the number of constituencies the party is contesting at a general election, or the number of candidates on a party’s candidate list(s), or both. This power includes a power to amend other primary and secondary legislation.
88.Regulations made under section 21 may only be made with the consent of the Electoral Commission and are subject to the affirmative procedure in the Senedd.
