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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/25",
  "legislation_title": "Recall of MPs Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The total petition expenses incurred during the recall petition period by or on behalf of a person who is not an accredited campaigner must not exceed £500.\n(2) The following provisions of this paragraph apply where—\n(a) at any time during the recall petition period any petition expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a person (“P”) in excess of the limit imposed by sub-paragraph (1), and\n(b) P is not at that time an accredited campaigner.\n(3) Where P is an individual, P commits an offence if P knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that limit.\n(4) Where P is a body—\n(a) P commits an offence, and\n(b) any person who authorised the expenses to be incurred by or on behalf of P commits an offence if the person knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that limit.\n(5) An offence under this paragraph is a corrupt practice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 4.3.2016 by S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/25/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:49.742869+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}