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Amendment of section 33 of Act of 1997.
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12.—Section 33 of the Act of 1997 is hereby amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a) by the substitution of “Subject to paragraph (b), the aggregate” for “The aggregate”,
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(b) in subsection (1)(b)(i) by the deletion of “not exceeding fifty per cent.”,
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(c) in subsection (1)(b)(ii) by the deletion of “, and the said election expenses shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (a) to be expenses incurred by that candidate”, and
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(d) by the addition of the following subsections after subsection (3):
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“(4) Expenditure by a political party at an election in a constituency (other than expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a national agent of that party) on behalf of a candidate whose candidature is authenticated by the party shall be deemed to be expenditure incurred by the candidate and shall be accounted for accordingly by the candidate's election agent.
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(5) Election expenses incurred pursuant to this section by a political party in a constituency in relation to a candidate at a European election (including expenditure incurred in the constituency by or on behalf of the national agent of the party) shall be deemed for the purposes of regulations made under section 21 to be expenses incurred by the candidate.”.
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