Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 269
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2005
Made
7th February 2005
Laid before Parliament
10th February 2005
Coming into force
4th March 2005
The Secretary of State, in order to give effect to a recommendation of the Electoral Commission and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 76A(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2005 and shall come into force on the 4th March 2005
(2) Article 4 does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983 .
Variation of expenses limits at a parliamentary general election
3. —(1) In section 76(2)(a)(i) of the 1983 Act( 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 “£5,483” and “6.2p” the words “£7,150” and “7p”, respectively.
(2) In section 76(2)(a)(ii) of the 1983 Act, 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 “£5,483” and “4.6p” the words “£7,150” and “5p”, respectively.
Variation of expenses limits at a local government election
4. In section 76(2)(b)(ii) of the 1983 Act( 3 ), 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 ( 4 )) shall be varied by substituting for the words “£242” and “4.7p” the words “£600” and “5p”, respectively.
Revocation
5. The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2001( 5 ) is hereby revoked.
Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Date 7th February 2005
1983 c. 2 ; section 76A was substituted by section 133(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (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. 2001/535 . 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 (c. 29) and the sums in that provision are as substituted by S.I. 2001/535 .