Article 48 Individual candidates: limitation of election expensesI1

England and Wales

(1)

The election expenses incurred by or on behalf of an individual candidate at a Senedd election during the regulated period must not exceed the maximum amount specified in paragraph (6).

(2)

Paragraph (3) applies, where—

(a)

at any time before the beginning of the regulated period any election expenses are incurred by or on behalf of an individual candidate in respect of any property, services or facilities, and

(b)

the property, services or facilities is or are made use of by or on behalf of the candidate during the regulated period in circumstances that, had these expenses been incurred during that period, they would constitute election expenses in accordance with article 65.

(3)

The appropriate proportion of the expenses mentioned in paragraph (2) must be treated for the purposes of this article, article 65 and Schedule 7, as election expenses incurred by or on behalf of the candidate during the regulated period.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3), the appropriate proportion of the expenses mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) is such proportion of those expenses as is reasonably attributable to the use made of the property, services or facilities as mentioned in paragraph (2)(b).

(5)

Where any election expenses are incurred in excess of the maximum amount specified in paragraph (6), an individual candidate or election agent is guilty of an illegal practice if they—

(a)

incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, and

(b)

knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses would be incurred in excess of that maximum amount.

(6)

The maximum amount is £52,500.

(7)

The maximum amount specified in paragraph (6) for an individual candidate at a Senedd election is not required to include that candidate’s personal expenses.

(8)

The maximum amount specified in paragraph (6) for an individual candidate will not be affected by the change in the timing of a Senedd election or of any step in the proceedings at a Senedd election.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 48 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)