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
any expenses incurred in respect of the remuneration or allowances payable to any member of the staff (whether permanent or otherwise) of the party; F3or
e
F5f
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
Sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in relation to any expenses which are incurred—
a
in respect of newsletters or similar publications issued by or on behalf of a 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, a member of the European Parliament elected in Great Britain (including the combined region) or existing or prospective candidates for such election; and
b
within the period of four months ending with the date of the poll for an election to the European Parliament.
F63
In relation to sub-paragraph 2(1)(f)(i) “disability”, has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010.