Part XII Miscellaneous and General
General
170 Security costs at party conferences.
1
The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, pay grants towards expenditure incurred by a F1qualifying registered political party, or by a person acting for a qualifying political party, on measures to which this section applies.
2
This section applies to measures which are—
a
taken for the protection of persons or property in connection with a conference held in Great Britain for the purposes of the party, and
b
certified by a chief officer of police as having been appropriate.
3
A political party is a F1qualifying registered political partyfor the purposes of this section if, at the last general election before the expenditure was incurred,—
a
at least two members of the party were elected to the House of Commons, or
b
one member of the party was elected to the House of Commons and not less than 150,000 votes were given to candidates who were members of the party.
4
Payments under this section shall be made out of money provided by Parliament.
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In this section “registered political party” means a party registered under F3the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.