208Statement of expenditure

208 Statement of expenditure S. 208(1) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 50(1). (1) For the purposes of having an entitlement under section 211, the registered officer of a registered political party must, before the expiration of 20 weeks after election day, give the Commission a statement in an approved form specifying that the registered political party has spent or incurred political expenditure and electoral expenditure in relation to the election— (a) not less than the entitlement; or (b) less than the entitlement, being the amount specified in the statement. S. 208(2) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 50(1). (2) For the purposes of having an entitlement under section 211, a candidate in the election who was not endorsed by a registered political party must, before the expiration of 20 weeks after election day, give the Commission a statement in an approved form specifying that the candidate has spent or incurred political expenditure and electoral expenditure in relation to the election— (a) not less than the entitlement; or (b) less than the entitlement, being the amount specified in the statement. S. 208(3) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 50(2). (3) To avoid doubt, political expenditure and electoral expenditure is incurred in relation to an election if— (a) in the case of a general election, it is incurred during the election period for the election; or (b) in the case of a by-election, it is incurred in relation to the by-election.