SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Campaign expenditure: qualifying expenses

Part I Qualifying expenses

Exclusions

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F11

Nothing in paragraph 1 shall be taken as extending to—

a

any expenses in respect of newsletters or similar publications issued by or on behalf of the party with a view to giving electors in a particular electoral area information about the opinions or activities of, or other personal information relating to, their elected representatives or existing or prospective candidates;

b

any expenses incurred in respect of unsolicited material addressed to party members;

c

any expenses in respect of any property, services or facilities so far as those expenses fall to be met out of public funds;

d

any expenses incurred in respect of the remuneration or allowances payable to any member of the staff (whether permanent or otherwise) of the party; F3F8or

e

any expenses incurred in respect of an individual by way of travelling expenses (by any means of transport) or in providing for his accommodation or other personal needs to the extent that the expenses are paid by the individual from his own resources and are not reimbursed to F6him.F6him; F9or

F10ea

in relation to an election for the purposes of which a limit is imposed by paragraph 3, 7, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 9 (limits for periods relating to parliamentary general elections or general elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly), reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to the protection of persons or property;

F4f

any expenses incurred in respect of a Senedd Cymru election or a local government election in Wales:

i

relating to any matter that is reasonably attributable to the candidate’s disability, to the extent that the expenses in respect of the matter are reasonably incurred; and

ii

in respect of, or in consequence of, the translation of anything from Welsh into English or from English into Welsh.

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F73

In relation to sub-paragraph 2(1)(f)(i) “disability”, has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.

F53

In relation to polls at elections for membership of the Scottish Parliament, nothing in paragraph 1 is to be taken as extending to—

a

reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to individuals’ disability,

b

reasonable expenses incurred in providing for the protection of persons of property at rallies or other public events, or

c

reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to the translation of anything into languages other than English.

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In sub-paragraph (3)(a), “disability” has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010 (see section 6 of that Act).