General
6Compensation
1
The Secretary of State may—
a
make a scheme for compensating any local authority which, or candidate who, incurs additional expenditure as a result of any provision of, or made under, this Act, and
b
make payments in accordance with the scheme.
2
Claims for compensation must be made in accordance with the scheme.
3
The scheme may provide that in the case of a candidate for a registered political party any payment of compensation may be made to that party rather than to the candidate.
4
The Secretary of State’s expenditure under this section is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
5
“Registered political party” has such meaning as may be specified in the scheme.