Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 535
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2001
Made
26th February 2001
Coming into force
5th March 2001
Whereas the Secretary of State considers that the variation of the sums varied by this Order is expedient in consequence of changes to the value of money;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 76A(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983( 1 ), he hereby makes the following Order:
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the seventh day after the day on which it is made.
(2) Article 4 does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(3) In this Order “the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983.
2. The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary general election, being an election in a county constituency, shall be varied by substituting for the words “£4,965” and “5.6p” in section 76(2)(a)(i) of the 1983 Act( 2 ), the words “£5,483” and “6.2p”, respectively.
3. The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary general election, being an election in a borough constituency, shall be varied by substituting for the words “£4,965” and “4.2p” in section 76(2)(a)(ii) of the 1983 Act, the words “£5,483” and “4.6p”, respectively.
4. The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a local government election (other than an election under the Greater London Authority Act 1999( 3 )) shall be varied by substituting for the words “£219” and “4.3p” in section 76(2)(b)(ii) of the 1983 Act( 4 ), the words “£242” and “4.7p”, respectively.
Home Office
Mike O'Brien
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
26th February 2001
1983 c. 2 ; section 76A was substituted by section 133(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) .
Section 76(2)(a) was amended by section 6(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1989 (c. 28) and the sums in section 76(2)(a) are as substituted by S.I. 1997/879 . The reference in section 76(2) to a borough constituency has effect, in its application to Scotland, as a reference to a burgh constituency by virtue of section 204(2) of the 1983 Act.
Section 76(2)(b) was amended by Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and the sums in that provision are as substituted by S.I. 1997/879 .