Petty expenses

(1) A person may pay a petty expense incurred for office supplies, postage, courier services and other incidental expenses under the written authorization of

(a) a registered agent of a registered party, as an expense incurred on behalf of the registered party;

(b) an electoral district agent of a registered association, as an expense incurred on behalf of the association;

(c) the financial agent of a nomination contestant, as a nomination campaign expense;

(d) the official agent of a candidate, as an electoral campaign expense for the candidate; or

(e) a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, as a leadership campaign expense.

Authorized maximum

(2) The written authorization referred to in subsection (1) shall specify a maximum amount for the total of petty expenses that the person is authorized to pay.

Statement and evidence of payment

(3) A person who is authorized to pay a petty expense shall provide the agent who authorized it with a statement of payments that the person made and the documentation referred to in section 380 within three months after

(a) in the case of a petty expense incurred on behalf of a registered party, the day on which it is incurred;

(b) in the case of a petty expense incurred on behalf of a registered association, the day on which it is incurred;

(c) in the case of a petty expense incurred on behalf of a nomination contestant, the day on which it is incurred;

(d) in the case of a petty expense incurred on behalf of a candidate, polling day; and

(e) in the case of a petty expense incurred on behalf of a leadership contestant, the day on which it is incurred.

Prohibition

(4) No person who is authorized to pay petty expenses shall pay, in total, more than the maximum amount of petty expenses that they are authorized to pay.

2000, c. 9, s. 381; 2004, c. 24, s. 11; 2014, c. 12, s. 86.