SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Campaign expenditure: qualifying expenses
Part I Qualifying expenses
Exclusions
I12
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
e
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.
F22
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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).