43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities?

(8) “Third party”, in relation to any relevant election, means— (a) any person or body other than a registered party; or
(b) subject to subsection (9), any registered party.Source: Article 85 ,Political Parties and Referendums Act, 2000

(3) Subsection (4) applies where—

(a) during a regulated period any controlled expenditure is incurred in a part of the United Kingdom by or on behalf of a third party in excess of the limit for that part of the United Kingdom mentioned in subsection (5), and

(b) the third party is not a recognised third party.

(4) In such a case—
(a) if the third party is not an individual—

(i) any person who authorised the expenditure to be incurred by or on behalf of the third party is guilty of an offence if he knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenditure would be incurred in excess of that limit, and

(ii) the third party is also guilty of an offence;

(b) if the third party is an individual, he is guilty of an offence if he knew or ought reasonably to have known that the expenditure would be incurred in excess of that limit.

(5) The limits referred to in subsection (3) are as follows—
(a) £10,000 for England; and
(b) £5,000 for each of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Source: Article 94 ,Political Parties and Referendums Act, 2000

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