Moved by
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
41: Schedule 3, page 57, line 9, leave out “other public meetings or events (other than” and insert “other public events, other than—
(a) ”
42: Schedule 3, page 57, line 10, after “party” insert “, or
(b) any public procession or protest meeting, within the meaning of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998, in respect of which notice is given in accordance with section 6 or 7 of that Act (advance notice of public processions or related protest meetings)”
43: Schedule 3, page 57, line 14, at end insert—
“But expenses in respect of such events do not include costs incurred in providing for the protection of persons or property.”
44: Schedule 3, page 57, line 14, at end insert—
“1A (1) Nothing in paragraph 1 extends to—
(a) expenses incurred in respect of the publication of any matter relating to an election, other than an advertisement, in—
(i) a newspaper or periodical,
(ii) a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation, by Sianel Pedwar Cymru or by the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation, or
(iii) a programme included in any service licensed under Part 1 or 3 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(b) expenses incurred in respect of the translation of anything from English into Welsh or from Welsh into English;
(c) reasonable personal expenses incurred by an individual in travelling or in providing for the individual’s accommodation or other personal needs;
(d) reasonable expenses incurred that are reasonably attributable to an individual’s disability;
(e) expenses incurred in respect of the provision by any individual of the individual’s own services which the individual provides voluntarily in the individual’s own time and free of charge.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), “disability” has the same meaning as in the Equality Act 2010 (see section 6 of that Act).”