Commentary on Sections Part 2: Political Donations Etc and Expenditure Section 22: Election expenses: guidance by Commission
110.Section 22 amends paragraph 14 of Schedule 4A to the 1983 Act. In addition to their power to issue guidance to candidates on the matters that are caught by the list of election expenses set out in paragraph 1 of that Schedule, section 22 provides that the Electoral Commission have a power to issue guidance about the circumstances in which those expenses are to be regarded as having been incurred for the purpose of a candidate’s election.