Article 16 Election Expenses

(1)

The provisions of the principal Order insofar as they relate to the limitation of the election expenses of registered political parties (and the creation of criminal offences in connection with the limitation of such expenses) shall cease to have effect.

(2)

For article 37 of the principal Order there shall be substituted—

“Expenses of constituency candidate

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For the purpose of this Part of this Order, sums paid or expenses incurred by, or in respect of, an individual candidate at a constituency election in respect of whom the constituency returning officer has received a certificate issued by the registered nominating officer of a registered political party under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 5, are not to be regarded as having been paid or incurred by that party.”.

(3)

Articles 39, 40, 43 to 45, 47 to 49, 55, 57 and 65 of the principal Order shall be omitted.

(4)

Articles 51, 52, 61 and 62 of the principal Order insofar as they relate to a registered political party or its registered nominating officer shall cease to have effect.

(5)

In article 46 of the principal Order—

(a)

in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (ii)—

(i)

for “£5,229” there shall be substituted “£5,483”, and

(ii)

for the words from “a register” to “(as first published)”, there shall be substituted “the register of electors”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)(a)(i), for “5.9p” there shall be substituted “6.2p”;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(a)(ii), for “4.4p” there shall be substituted “4.6p”; and

(d)

in paragraph (2)(b)(i) and (ii), for the words from “£20,920” to the end, there shall be substituted “£100,000”.

(e)

for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3)

In paragraph (2) “the register of electors” means the register of local government electors for the Assembly constituency or Assembly electoral region in question as it has effect on the last day for publication of notice of the election.”.

(6)

For article 50 of the principal Order there shall be substituted—

“Power to vary provisions concerning election expenses

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(1)

After such consultation with the Assembly as appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate, he may by order made by statutory instrument vary any of the sums to which this article applies—

(a)

where he considers that the variation is expedient in consequence of changes in the value of money, or

(b)

in order to give effect to a recommendation of the Electoral Commission.

(2)

This article applies to any of the sums for the time being specified in articles 38(2), 41(1) or (2), or 42(2).

(3)

An order under paragraph (1) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”.

(7)

In article 51 of the principal Order—

(a)

for “within” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “not later than”, and

(b)

paragraph (11) shall be omitted.

(8)

Article 52(3) of the principal Order shall be omitted.

(9)

In articles 58 and 59 of the principal Order, for “articles 54 to 57” there shall be substituted “article 54 or 56”.

(10)

Article 61(1)) of the principal Order shall be omitted.