Commentary on Sections Part 1 Electoral Administration and Registration Chapter 5: Campaign Finance Section 36 – Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure
104.Section 36 introduces a further restriction on third parties that may incur controlled expenditure (including notional controlled expenditure) in connection with a Senedd election campaign. It does this by inserting a new section 89B into PPERA, providing that only those third parties that would fall within the categories of third party listed in section 88(2) of the 2000 Act are able to incur controlled expenditure expenses above a de minimis threshold of £700 during a Welsh devolved regulated period. Inserted section 89B also includes an either way offence of authorising expenses in breach of the section, which is punishable by fine.