Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1998

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Amendment of section 31 of Act of 1997.

10.—Section 31 of the Act of 1997 is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(a) by the substitution of the following for everything before subparagraph (i):

“In this Part, subject to paragraph (b), ‘election expenses’ means all expenditure for electoral purposes incurred on the provision of property, goods or services for use at an election during the period referred to in subsection (3) in order—”,

(b) in subsection (1)(b) by the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for subparagraph (v):

“(v) any of the matters referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (v) of section 22(2)(b);”,

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) The following shall be reckoned for the purposes of this Part and shall be included in the statement to be furnished to the Public Offices Com mission under section 36:

(a) all election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a political party or a candidate at any time during the period commencing—

(i) in the case of a Dáil general election, on the date of the dissolution of the Dáil which occasioned the election,

(ii) in the case of a Dáil bye-election, on the date of the issue of the writ, and

(iii) in the case of a European election, on the date of the order appointing polling day, and

ending on polling day at the election;

(b) subject to subsection (1)(b)(vi), all election expenses incurred by or on behalf of a political party or a candidate at any time before the commencement of the relevant period referred to in paragraph (a) for the provision of property, goods or services for use at the election during the period referred to in paragraph (a);

(c) all payments made in respect of the election expenses referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).”,

and

(d) in subsection (4)(b) by the deletion of “(other than election expenses deemed under section 32(1)(b)(ii) or 33(1)(b)(ii) to be election expenses incurred by that candidate)”.