Electoral Administration Act 2006

25 Amount of expenses which may be incurred by third party U.K.

(1) Section 75 of the 1983 Act (prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after “be incurred” insert “ after he becomes a candidate at that election ”;

(b) omit from “but paragraph (c) or (d) of” to the end.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZZA) Paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1) above does not restrict the publication of any matter relating to the election in—

(a) a newspaper or other periodical,

(b) a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation or by Sianel Pedwar Cymru, or

(c) a programme included in any service licensed under Part 1 or 3 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996.

(1ZZB) Subsection (1) above does not apply to any expenses incurred by any person—

(a) which do not exceed in the aggregate the permitted sum (and are not incurred by that person as part of a concerted plan of action), or

(b) in travelling or in living away from home or similar personal expenses.”

(4) In subsection (1ZA) for “subsection (1)(ii)” in each place where it occurs substitute “ subsection (1ZZB)(a) ”.

(5) After subsection (7) insert—

“(8) For the purposes of subsection (1), expenditure incurred before the date when a person becomes a candidate at the election is to be treated as having been incurred after that date if it is incurred in connection with any thing which is used or takes place after that date.”

(6) The amendments made by this section (except subsections (2)(a) and (5)) must be taken to have had effect from 16 February 2001 (the date of coming into force of section 131 of the 2000 Act).

(7) This section does not apply to local government elections in Scotland (within the meaning of the 1983 Act).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 25 wholly in force at 11.9.2006, see s. 77(2)-(4) and S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 4 (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)