SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9 Limits on campaign expenditure
Part II General limits
F8General elections to the National Assembly for Wales
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1
This paragraph imposes limits in relation to campaign expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a registered party which contests one or more constituencies or regions at F3an ordinary or extra ordinary general election to the National Assembly for Wales.
2
The limit applying to campaign expenditure which is incurred by or on behalf of a registered party in the relevant period in Wales is—
a
£10,000 for each constituency contested by the party; plus
b
£40,000 for each region contested by the party.
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Sub-paragraph (2B) applies to a registered party in a case where at the election a candidate stands for election in any constituency in the name of that party and one or more other registered parties.
2B
In such a case, the amount applying to the party in respect of the constituency under sub-paragraph (2)(a) shall, instead of being the amount specified in that sub-paragraph, be that amount divided by the number of registered parties in whose name the candidate stands for election as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A).
3
F4In the case of an ordinary general election“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 F5section 3(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;
b
c
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 F2section 3(1) of that Act.
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In the case of an extraordinary general election, “the relevant period” for the purposes of this paragraph is the period beginning with the date when the Secretary of State proposes a date for the poll for the election under section 5(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and ending with the date of the poll for the election.
Sch. 9 para. 6 cross-heading substituted by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 99(3), the amending provision coming into force immediately after the ordinary election under s. 3 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) held on 3.5.2007, see art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.