302.Section 155 confers a power on the Secretary of State (for these purposes the Home Secretary) to vary any sums set out in the Act (save those specified in sections 12(8) and 36(5)). Save where any sum is simply being uprated to allow for inflation, any variation must be on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission.
Commentary on Sections Part X : Miscellaneous and general Section 155: Power to vary specified sums