Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 789

LONDON GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Greater London Authority Elections (Expenses) Order 2000

Made

16th March 2000

Coming into force

17th March 2000

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 76(2B) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

Now therefore, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75(1B) and (1C) and 76(2A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, hereby makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Elections (Expenses) Order 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Third parties' expenses

2. In relation to an Authority election, for the monetary sum specified in section 75(1)(ii) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (limit on expenses incurred by a person other than a candidate, agent, or person authorised by an agent), there shall be substituted the following sums-

(a)in relation to an election of the Mayor of London £25,000;

(b)in relation to an election of a constituency member of the London Assembly £1,800; and

(c)in relation to an election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election £25,000.

Candidates' and agents' expenses

3. As respects Authority elections the maximum amounts of the sums which may be paid and the expenses which may be incurred by a candidate or his election agent shall be as follows-

(a)£420,000 for a candidate in an election of the Mayor of London;

(b)£35,000 for a candidate in an election of a constituency member of the London Assembly;

(c)£330,000 for an individual candidate in an election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

(d)£330,000 for the purposes of section 76(1A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (expenses of candidates to be London Members of the London Assembly on a list submitted by a registered political party).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions

16th March 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes the maximum expenditure which may be incurred at Greater London Authority elections by candidates or their agents (article 3) and by other persons (article 2).

(1)

1983 c. 2; sections 75 and 76 were amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), Schedule 3,