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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| 3621 (2007-08 Session), 1-3, 5-10, 11-17, 19-23 and 25 |
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| Political Parties and Elections Bill, As Amended |
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| | Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general elections |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (“the 1983 Act”), after section |
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| | “76ZA | Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general |
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| | (1) | This section applies where — |
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| | (a) | a Parliament is not dissolved until after the period of 55 months |
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| | beginning with the day on which that Parliament first met (“the |
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| | (b) | election expenses are incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at |
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| | the parliamentary general election which follows the dissolution, |
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| | (c) | the expenses are incurred in respect of a matter which is used |
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| | during the period beginning immediately after the 55-month |
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| | period and ending with the day on which the person becomes a |
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| | candidate at that election. |
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| | | For the purposes of this section, section 90ZA(1) has effect with the |
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| | omission of the words “after the date when he becomes a candidate at the |
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| | (2) | Election expenses incurred as mentioned in subsection (1) must not in the |
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| | aggregate exceed the permitted amount, which is the relevant percentage |
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| | (a) | for a candidate at an election in a county constituency, £25,000 |
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| | plus 7p for every entry in the register of electors; |
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| | (b) | for a candidate at an election in a borough constituency, £25,000 |
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| | plus 5p for every entry in the register of electors. |
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| | (3) | The relevant percentage is— |
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| | (a) | 100% where the dissolution was during the 60th month of the |
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| | (b) | 90% where the dissolution was during its 59th month; |
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| | (c) | 80% where the dissolution was during its 58th month; |
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| | (d) | 70% where the dissolution was during its 57th month; |
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| | (e) | 60% where the dissolution was during its 56th month. |
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| | | For the purposes of this subsection, the “56th month” of a Parliament is |
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| | the month beginning immediately after the 55-month period; and so on. |
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| | (4) | In subsection (2) above “the register of electors” means the register of |
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| | parliamentary electors for the constituency in question as it has effect on |
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| | the last day for publication of notice of the election. |
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| | (5) | Where election expenses are incurred as mentioned in subsection (1) in |
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| | excess of the permitted amount, any candidate or election agent who— |
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| | (a) | incurred, or authorised the incurring of, the election expenses, |
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| | (b) | knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenses |
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| | would be incurred in excess of that amount, |
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| | | shall be guilty of an illegal practice. |
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| | (6) | The candidate’s personal expenses do not count towards the permitted |
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| | (2) | The amendments made by this section do not apply in relation to any expenses— |
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| | (a) | incurred before the commencement of this section, or |
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| | (b) | incurred in respect of any matters used before 1 January 2010.’. |
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| Page 9, line 15, leave out Clause 11. |
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| Page 14, line 39 [Clause 23], leave out paragraph (c) and insert— |
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| Page 44, line 24 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | ‘3A | In section 76A (power to vary provisions about election expenses), after |
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| | paragraph (d) of subsection (2) there is inserted— |
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| | “(e) | section 76ZA(2) above.”’. |
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| Page 44, line 24 [Schedule 4], at end insert— |
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| | ‘3B | In section 90ZA (meaning of “election expenses”), for subsection (5) there is |
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| | “(5) | A reference in this Part of this Act to a candidate at an election, in |
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| | relation to election expenses, includes (where the context allows) a |
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| | reference to a person who becomes a candidate at the election after the |
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| | expenses are incurred.”’. |
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| Page 47, line 12 [Schedule 5], at end insert— |
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| | ‘In section 76A(2), the word “or” at the end of |
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| Page 47 [Schedule 5], leave out lines 13 and 14. |
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