Part 4: Regulation of Expenditure Notional expenditure of candidates and others Section 21: Codes of practice on expenses
Section 21 subsection (1) amends the provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983 providing that the Electoral Commission may prepare guidance on election expenses for candidates. The amendments clarify that the guidance can cover the application of the rules in relation to expenses incurred. This is to ensure that the codes of practice are sufficiently broad so as to include an explanation of the rules on all forms of expenditure.
	Subsection (1)(b) and (2) amend the procedures to bring into force various codes of practice in respect of election expenses under PPERA and the RPA 1983. This is to ensure the procedures are consistent with each other and the codes are all brought into force by a statutory instrument with no further parliamentary procedure. This section only applies to any Codes of Practice prepared in relation to reserved legislative competence (and excepted, as it relates to Northern Ireland); it does not apply to an Order made by the Welsh or Scottish Ministers.