Article 4 Claims and payment of financial assistance
A payment shall be made by the Parliamentary corporation under this Order to a qualifying party only where a claim for payment under this Order has been made by that party to the Clerk of the Parliament.
At the beginning of each period, the Parliamentary corporation shall determine, in accordance with article 2(2) as read with article 3(3), what is the total amount of payments that may be made to a qualifying party in that period and shall not make any payment in that period which would result in that total being exceeded.
A claim for payment under this Order shall include–
a statement of the facts on which the claim is based;
a certificate that the expenses in respect of which the payment is claimed have been incurred by the party exclusively for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the party to perform their Parliamentary duties.
As soon as practicable after each 31st March following the coming into force of this Order, a registered political party to whom payments are made under this Order shall furnish the Clerk of the Parliament with the certificate of an independent professional auditor to the effect that all expenses in respect of which the party claimed payments under this Order during the period ending with that day were incurred as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b).