{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-74A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-74A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "section/74A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "74A",
  "heading": "Expenses incurred otherwise than for election purposes.",
  "text": "(1) Neither section 73 above nor sections 78 and 79 below shall apply to election expenses—\n(a) which are incurred by or on behalf of a candidate otherwise than for the purposes of the candidate’s election, but\n(b) which by virtue of section 90ZA(1) below fall to be regarded as election expenses by reason of the property, services or facilities in respect of which they were incurred being used for the purposes of the candidate’s election.\n(2) The candidate’s election agent shall make a declaration of the amount (determined in accordance with section 90B below) of any election expenses falling within subsection (1) above.\n(3) In this section “for the purposes of the candidate’s election” has the same meaning as in sections 90ZA and 90C below.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(1) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 74A inserted (1.7.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 138(1)(2), Sch. 18 para. 5 (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 74A(1)(b) substituted (11.9.2006) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 74(1), 77, Sch. 1 para. 112(2) (with Sch. 1 para. 133); S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 24, 25(c) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 74A(2) repealed except as it applies to local government elections in Scotland (11.9.2006) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 74, 77, Sch. 1 para. 112(3), Sch. 2 Note (with Sch. 1 para. 133); S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 24, 25(c), 26 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2); and the same words repealed for those excepted purposes (S.) (prosp.) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 35, 63, Sch. 2 paras. 4(b), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 74A(3) substituted (11.9.2006) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 74(1), 77, Sch. 1 para. 112(4) (with Sch. 1 para. 133); S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 24, 25(c) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 74A applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2599, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 73-90D restricted (W.) (4.12.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1399), regs. 2, 7(2) (with reg. 7(8))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 74A(1)(b) modified (S.) (prosp.) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 35, 63, Sch. 2 paras. 4(a), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 74A(3) modified (S.) (prosp.) by Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14), ss. 35, 63, Sch. 2 paras. 4(c), 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "asp/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "asp/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "asp/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/74A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+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."
}