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Leadership campaign expenses


(1) A leadership campaign expense of a leadership contestant is an expense reasonably incurred as an incidence of the leadership contest, including


(a) a leadership contest expense;


(b) a litigation expense;


(c) travel and living expenses;


(d) a personal expense; and


(e) any fees of an auditor appointed under Division 6 of Part 18 that have not been reimbursed by the Receiver General.


Exclusions — administrative monetary penalties, etc.


(2) For greater certainty, none of the following is a leadership campaign expense:


(a) the amount of any administrative monetary penalty imposed under Part 19;


(b) any amount that is required to be paid under a compliance agreement entered into under Part 19 solely as a result of that compliance agreement; and


(c) any amount that is required to be paid under an undertaking provided under Part 19 solely as a result of that undertaking.


2018, c. 31, s. 251.