# The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 55: Candidates’ election expenses


(1) A candidate at a Health Board election must not incur expenses on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election in excess of £250 (regardless of whether the expenses are incurred before, during or after the election).
(2) If a candidate’s election expenses exceed £250, any candidate or counting agent who—
(a) incurred (or authorised the incurring of) those expenses; or
(b) knew or ought reasonably to have known that election expenses would exceed £250,
is guilty of an illegal practice for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1983 Act.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/352/schedule/paragraph/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-55
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.