Electoral Disclosure and Funding Act 2023
56Electoral expenditure of endorsed Assembly candidate or Member where incurred by party, &c.
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56 Electoral expenditure of endorsed Assembly candidate or Member where incurred by party, &c.
For the purposes of this Act, an amount of electoral expenditure by an Assembly candidate, or Assembly Member, in relation to an Assembly election includes (but is not limited to including) if the candidate or Member is or was, during all or part of the election campaign period in relation to the election, endorsed by a registered party, any amount of electoral expenditure that is –
(a) incurred by that party (whether or not as an agent for the candidate or Member) for the direct or indirect benefit of –
(i) the candidate or Member; or
(ii) the candidate or Member and other Assembly candidates, or Assembly Members, in relation to the election, who are endorsed by the registered party; and
(b) invoiced by that party to the candidate or Member for payment (whether or not the candidate or Member has a legal liability to pay to the party the amount invoiced).