Commentary on Provisions Expenditure in respect of Scottish Parliament elections Section 24– Transitional provision: offences relating to third party expenditure
79.This section sets out a transitional provision to provide that the changes made by section 16 have effect only in relation to a Scottish devolved regulated period beginning on or after the day on which section 23 comes into force. It is an offence for a non-eligible third party (see section 88(2) of PPERA) to incur controlled expenditure (or for someone to do so on their behalf).