Article 46 Individual candidate: limitation of election expenses

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 46(2)(a)(i) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(a)(i)
art. 46(2)(a)(i) words substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(a)(ii)
art. 46(2)(a)(i) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(b)
art. 46(2)(a)(ii) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(a)(i)
art. 46(2)(a)(ii) words substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(a)(ii)
art. 46(2)(a)(ii) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(c)
art. 46(2)(b)(i) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(d)
art. 46(2)(b)(ii) word substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(d)
art. 46(3) substituted by National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) 2002 art. 16(5)(e)

(1)

No sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by—

(a)

a candidate or his election agent at a constituency election, or

(b)

an individual candidate or his election agent at a regional election,

whether before, during or after an election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election, in excess of the maximum amount specified in this article, and a candidate or election agent knowingly acting in contravention of this paragraph shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(2)

The maximum amount is—

(a)

at an ordinary election, for a candidate at a constituency election—

(i)

for an Assembly constituency which is coterminous with a parliamentary constituency which is a county constituency, £5,229 together with an additional 5.9p for every entry in a register of electors to be used at the election (as first published), and

(ii)

for an Assembly constituency which is coterminous with a parliamentary constituency which is a borough constituency, £5,229 together with an additional 4.4p for every entry in a register of electors to be used at the election (as first published),

(b)

at an election to fill a casual vacancy, for a candidate at a constituency election—

(i)

for an Assembly constituency which is coterminous with a parliamentary constituency which is a county constituency, £20,920 together with an additional 23.4p for every entry in a register of electors to be used at the election (as first published), and

(ii)

for an Assembly constituency which is coterminous with a parliamentary constituency which is a borough constituency, £20,920 together with an additional 17.8p for every entry in a register of electors to be used at the election (as first published),

(c)

for an individual candidate at a regional election at an ordinary election, the aggregate of the maximum amounts under sub-paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) as apply, or would apply, at that time at a constituency election in respect of each Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region for which the election is held, and

(d)

for an individual candidate at a regional election other than at an ordinary election, the aggregate of the maximum amounts under sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) as apply, or would apply, at that time at a constituency election in respect of each Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region for which the election is held.

(3)

If a register to be used at an Assembly election is not published before the day of publication of the notice of election then for any reference in paragraph (2) to an entry in that register shall be substituted a reference to an entry in the electors list for that register as first published which gives the name of a person appearing from those lists to be entitled to be registered.

(4)

The maximum amount mentioned for an individual candidate at an Assembly election is not required to cover his personal expenses.

(5)

Where at a constituency election notice of poll is countermanded or the poll is abandoned by reason of a candidate’s death, the maximum amount of election expenses shall, for any of the other candidates who then remain validy nominated, be twice, or if there has been a previous increase under this paragraph, three times what it would have been but for any increase under this paragraph.

(6)

The maximum amount mentioned for a candidate shall not be affected by the change in the timing of an Assembly election or of any step in the proceedings at an Assembly election.