SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the 1962 Act
Part 1Amendments to Part 4 (officers) and Part 6 (the election campaign)
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Section 42 (limitation of expenses at an election) is amended as follows.
2
For the heading substitute “
Limitation of election expenses
”
.
3
In subsection (1) for “, and for a candidate” to the end of that subsection substitute “
. This subsection does not apply at a local election.
”
.
4
After subsection (1) insert—
1ZA
The election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at a local election must not in the aggregate exceed the maximum amount specified in subsection (1ZB).
1ZB
The maximum amount is £600 together with 5p for every entry in the register of electors.
5
In subsection (1A) for “(1)” substitute “
(1ZA)
”
.
6
After subsection (6) insert—
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Where at a local election a poll is countermanded or abandoned by reason of a candidate's death, the maximum amount of election expenses shall, for any of the other candidates who remain validly nominated, be twice or, if there has been a previous increase under this subsection, three times what it would have been but for any increase under this subsection; but the maximum amount shall not be affected for any candidate by any change in timing.