Commentary on Sections Part 1 Electoral Administration and Registration Chapter 5: Campaign Finance Section 34 – Codes of practice on expenses
101.Section 34(1) amends paragraph 14A of Schedule 4A to the 1983 Act which enables the Electoral Commission to prepare a code of practice giving guidance on election expenses for candidates in local government elections in Wales. The amendment clarifies that the guidance can cover the application of the rules in relation to expenses incurred, ensuring that the codes of practice are sufficiently broad so as to include an explanation of the rules on all forms of expenditure.
102.This section also amends section 156(3)(aa) of PPERA so that no Senedd procedure applies to an order made by the Welsh Ministers bringing into force a code of practice prepared by the Electoral Commission in relation to election expenses at elections of the Senedd under Schedule 8 to PPERA . The section also makes further, more general amendments to section 156 to clarify the procedures that apply to statutory instruments made by the Welsh Ministers under the provisions of PPERA.