Paragraph 4 Election expenses

(1)

Where contributions towards the election expenses of a member in relation to the election at which he was returned as a member included a donation or donations by a person, the aggregate of which exceeded 25% of those election expenses.

(2)

For this purpose–

(a)

the election expenses of a member are the election expenses within the meaning of article 83 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999^f1 in relation to that member’s candidature where that member stood as a candidate for return as a constituency member or as an individual candidate for return as a regional member;

(b)

“a person” means a single individual or legal person and includes a group of companies; and

(c)

“group of companies” has the same meaning as “group” in section 262(1) of the 1985 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1999/787.