Part VI Controls relating to third party national election campaigns

Chapter I Preliminary

Controlled expenditure by third parties

I187 Expenditure by third parties which is not controlled expenditure.

1

No amount of controlled expenditure shall be regarded as incurred by a third party by virtue of section 85 or 86 in respect of—

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b

any property, services or facilities to the extent that the property, services or facilities is or are used in circumstances in which—

i

an amount of campaign expenditure is to be regarded as incurred by or on behalf of a registered party for the purposes of Part V, F2...

ii

an amount of expenses falls (in accordance with any enactment) to be included in a return as to election expenses in respect of a candidate or candidates at a particular election, F4or

iii

an amount of expenses falls to be included in a recall petition return within the meaning of Schedule 5 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (see paragraph 1 of that Schedule),

in respect of that use.

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The reference in subsection (1)(b)(i) to circumstances in which an amount of campaign expenditure is to be regarded as incurred by or on behalf of a registered party for the purposes of Part 5 does not include circumstances in which an amount of campaign expenditure is treated as incurred by a registered party under section 94F(2).