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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/article-35",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Limitation of candidate election expenses",
  "text": "(1) The election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a PCC election must not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount specified in the table in paragraph (2).\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the maximum amount in respect of a candidate at a PCC election for a police area listed in an entry in the first column of table 2 is the amount shown for that entry in the second column.\nTable 2\nPolice area\nMaximum amount\nAvon & Somerset\n£305,130\nBedfordshire\n£114,570\nCambridgeshire\n£148,910\nCheshire\n£195,410\nCleveland\n£105,280\nCumbria\n£98,900\nDerbyshire\n£194,340\nDevon and Cornwall\n£319,410\nDorset\n£146,350\nDurham\n£121,930\nDyfed-Powys\n£99,430\nEssex\n£320,960\nGloucestershire\n£118,220\n. . .\n. . .\nGwent\n£107,370\nHampshire and Isle of Wight\n£356,810\nHertfordshire\n£207,270\nHumberside\n£173,230\nKent\n£312,650\nLancashire\n£276,210\nLeicestershire\n£192,370\nLincolnshire\n£136,780\nMerseyside\n£249,920\nNorfolk\n£165,210\nNorth Wales\n£130,400\n. . .\n. . .\nNorthamptonshire\n£130,980\nNorthumbria\n£267,750\nNottinghamshire\n£200,320\nSouth Wales\n£238,490\n. . .\n. . .\nStaffordshire\n£209,920\nSuffolk\n£137,880\nSurrey\n£211,410\nSussex\n£301,210\nThames Valley\n£415,290\nWarwickshire\n£104,710\nWest Mercia\n£231,030\nWest Midlands\n£489,410\n. . .\n. . .\nWiltshire\n£128,270\n(3) The maximum amount is not required to cover the candidate's personal expenses.\n(4) The maximum amount is not affected for any candidate by the change in the timing of the PCC election or of any step in the proceedings at the election.\n(5) Where a poll at a PCC election is countermanded or abandoned by reason of a candidate's death, the maximum amount for any of the other candidates who then remain validly nominated is to 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.\n(6) Where any election expenses are incurred in excess of a maximum amount specified in paragraph (2) or (5), any candidate or election agent who—\n(a) incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, and\n(b) knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that maximum amount,\nis guilty of an illegal practice.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(a)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(c)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(d)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(e)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(g)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (26.3.2024) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/428), regs. 1(1)(b), 5 (with reg. 6)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(n)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (13.7.2022) by The Police Act 1996 (Amendment and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/790), regs. 1(2), 3(3)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(p)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(s)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(w)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(z)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(aa)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F30",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F31",
      "text": "Words in art. 35(2) Table 2 omitted (21.3.2024) by virtue of The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/414), arts. 1(2), 13(b)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F32",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ee)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F33",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ff)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F34",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(gg)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F35",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(hh)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F36",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F37",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(jj)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F38",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(kk)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F39",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(ll)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F40",
      "text": "Sum in art. 35(2) Table 2 substituted (12.12.2023) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1227), arts. 1(1), 2(mm)"
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