151Claims for payment

151 Claims for payment

(1)  A registered party or Assembly Member who is eligible to receive a quarterly payment under this Part is entitled to receive a quarterly payment under this Part only if the party agent in relation to the party or Member concerned makes a claim for the payment in accordance with this Division.

(2)  A claim must –

(a) be in writing and lodged with the Commission; and

(b) be accompanied by a statutory declaration and such information or evidence as the Commission may require under this Division, including (but not limited to) information or evidence that the Commission requires to establish the eligibility of the registered party or Assembly Member to make the claim; and

(c) be made within 3 months after the end of the quarter for which payment is to be made.

(3)  A party agent in relation to a registered party, or an independent Assembly Member, who makes a claim under this section for a payment under this Part is required to make the declaration referred to in subsection (2)(b) and provide –

(a) the information, if any, in connection with the claim, that is required by the regulations; and

(b) other information, if any, that the Commission requires in connection with the payment.

(4)  A claim under this section is not validly lodged with the Commission unless all expenditure specified in the claim is vouched for in the approved manner and approved form and by a statutory declaration.