Electoral Disclosure and Funding Act 2023
150Quarterly advance payments
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150 Quarterly advance payments
(1) A registered party or Assembly Member is, subject to and in accordance with this Act, eligible, in respect of each quarter (a relevant quarter), for a quarterly advance payment, from the Administration Fund, of an amount determined in accordance with this section.
(2) The amount payable, by way of a quarterly advance payment in respect of a relevant quarter –
(a) is payable at the beginning of the relevant quarter; and
(b) is an amount equal to 100% of the total amount to which the registered party or Assembly Member would be eligible under section 149 in respect of that relevant quarter.
(3) The amount is to be determined on the assumption that –
(a) in the case of –
(i) a registered party – the number of Assembly Members endorsed by the party at the end of the quarter will be the same as the number of Assembly Members endorsed by the party at the date on which the claim for the quarterly advance payment is determined; or
(ii) a person who is an independent Assembly Member – the person will continue to be an independent Assembly Member at the end of the quarter; and
(b) the registered party or Assembly Member will incur in the quarter the maximum amount that can be payable to the party or Member from the Administration Fund for the quarter based on the applicable assumption referred to in paragraph (a) .
(4) Any amount paid to a registered party or Assembly Member by way of a quarterly advance payment under this section in respect of a relevant quarter is to be deducted from any amount payable under section 152 to the party or Assembly Member from the Administration Fund in respect of that quarter.
(5) If a registered party or Assembly Member receives amounts by way of a quarterly advance payment under this section in respect of a relevant quarter in excess of the amount (if any) to which the party or Member becomes entitled under section 152 from the Administration Fund in respect of that quarter, the amount of the excess must be deducted from any amount payable in respect of the next quarter under .