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(1) This Order may be cited as the Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Election Expenses) Order 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) Articles 6, 7 and 8 of this Order do not extend to Northern Ireland.
(3) In this Order “the Act of 1983” means the Representation of the People Act 1983.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary general election, being an election in a county constituency, shall be varied by substituting for the words “£4,642” and “5.2p” in section 76(2)(a)(i) of the Act of 1983, the words “£4,965” and “5.6p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary general election, being an election in a borough constituency, shall be varied by substituting for the words “£4,642” and “3.9p” in section 76(2)(a)(ii) of the Act of 1983, the words “£4,965” and “4.2p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary by-election in a county constituency shall be varied by substituting for the words “£18,572” and “20.8p” in section 76(2)(aa)(i) of the Act of 1983, the words “£19,863” and “22.2p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a parliamentary by-election in a borough constituency shall be varied by substituting for the words “£18,572” and “15.8p” in section 76(2)(aa)(ii) of the Act of 1983, the words “£19,863” and “16.9p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a local government election shall be varied by substituting for the words “£205” and “4p” in section 76(2)(b)(ii) of the Act of 1983, the words “£219” and “4.3p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at a ward election in the City of London shall be varied by substituting for the words “£205” and “4p” in section 197(1) of the Act of 1983, the words “£219” and “4.3p”, respectively.
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The maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses at an election by liverymen in common hall shall be varied by substituting for the words “21.8p” in section 197(2) of the Act of 1983, the words “23.3p”.
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The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates’ Election Expenses) Order 1994 is hereby revoked.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
16th March 1997