Part VI

Controls relating to third party national election campaigns
Chapter II

Financial controls

Financial limits on targeted controlled expenditure

Meaning of “targeted”, “targeted expenditure limit” etc
94D
1
Controlled expenditure is “targeted” at a particular registered party if it can reasonably be regarded as—
a
intended to benefit that party or any of its candidates, and
b
not intended to benefit any other registered party or any of its candidates.
2
A limit (a “targeted expenditure limit”) applies to controlled expenditure that—
a
is incurred during a qualifying regulated period in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and
b
is targeted at a particular registered party.
3
A “qualifying regulated period” is a period in relation to which limits are imposed by paragraph 3, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 10 (periods involving parliamentary general elections).
4
The targeted expenditure limit applying to controlled expenditure incurred during a qualifying regulated period in a part of the United Kingdom is—
a
for the period in relation to which limits are imposed by paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 10, 0.2% of the maximum campaign expenditure limit in that part of the United Kingdom, and
b
for any other qualifying regulated period, the relevant proportion of the limit determined in accordance with paragraph (a).
5
In subsection (4)(b) “
the relevant proportion
” means—
A/B
where—
A is the number of days in the period mentioned in subsection (4)(b);
B is the number of days in the period mentioned in subsection (4)(a).
6
This section applies for the purposes of sections 94E to 94H.
Ss. 94C-94H and cross-heading inserted (30.1.2014) by Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 (c. 4), ss. 30(8), 45(3)(b) (with s. 46(1)(2))