94 Limits on controlled expenditure by third parties
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c 41) | Legislation

Financial limits [on controlled expenditure]

94  Limits on controlled expenditure by third parties

(1)     Schedule 10 has effect for imposing limits on controlled expenditure incurred by or on behalf of recognised third parties in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland[, or in particular parliamentary constituencies,] during the periods specified in that Schedule.

(2)     Where during a regulated period any controlled expenditure is incurred in a relevant part of the United Kingdom [or a parliamentary constituency] by or on behalf of a recognised third party in excess of the limit imposed by Schedule 10 in relation to that period and part of the United Kingdom [or parliamentary constituency], then—

(a)     if the third party is not an individual—

(i)     the responsible person is guilty of an offence if he authorised the expenditure to be incurred by or on behalf of the third party and he knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenditure would be incurred in excess of that limit, and

(ii)     the third party is also guilty of an offence;

(b)     if the third party is an individual, he is guilty of an offence if he knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenditure

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