Certificate

(1) On receipt from a registered party of the documents referred to in subsection 437(1), the Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the Receiver General with a certificate that sets out the amount that is the sum of 50% of the registered party’s election expenses, as set out in the return for its general election expenses, that were paid by its registered agents and 90% — to a maximum of $250,000 — of the registered party’s accessibility expenses, as set out in that return, that were paid by its registered agents, if

(a) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied — even despite any statement that the registered party’s auditor has included under paragraph 438(2)(d) in a report under subsection 438(1) — that the registered party and its chief agent have complied with the requirements of sections 437 to 443;

(b) the auditor’s report does not include a statement referred to in any of paragraphs 438(2)(a) to (c); and 

(c) candidates endorsed by the registered party received at least

(i) 2% of the number of valid votes cast at the election, or

(ii) 5% of the number of valid votes cast in the electoral districts in which the registered party endorsed a candidate.