Part VIII

Election campaigns and proceedings

Control of election expenses

Financial limits applying to candidates’ election expenses.
132
1
Section 76 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (limitation of election expenses) shall be amended as follows.
2
For subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
1
The election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at an election must not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount specified in subsection (2) below or, in the case of any of the Authority elections mentioned in subsection (2A)(a) to (c) below, the maximum amount prescribed by order under that subsection.
3
In subsection (1A) for the words from “subsection” onwards there shall be substituted “ any election expenses incurred by or on behalf of any of those candidates must not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount prescribed by order under subsection (2A)(d). ”
4
After subsection (1A) there shall be inserted—
1B
Where any election expenses are incurred in excess of a maximum amount specified in subsection (2) above or prescribed by order under subsection (2A) above, any candidate or election agent who—
a
incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, and
b
knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that maximum amount,
shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
5
In subsection (2), for paragraph (aa) (maximum amount in case of candidate at parliamentary by-election) there shall be substituted—
aa
for a candidate at a parliamentary by-election, £100,000;
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S. 132 wholly in force at 1.7.2001; s. 132 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 163(2); s. 132(1)(5) in force at 16.2.2001 and s. 132(2)-(4)(6) in force at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/222, arts. 2, 4, Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II and with Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1)
1983 c. 2.
S. 132(6) repealed (S.) (29.1.2007) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 18, 63(2); S.S.I. 2007/26, art. 2(1)(f)