Public Elections Law
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WQ.72/2026
WRITTEN QUESTION TO H.M. ATTORNEY GENERAL BY DEPUTY J. RENOUF OF ST. BRELADE
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 9th MARCH 2026 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 16th MARCH 2026
Question
"With regard to the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014, will H.M. Attorney General advise –
- whether a political movement that invites candidates to support its manifesto or programme would qualify as a third party under the terms of Article 9; and
- in circumstances where the movement was working with the consent of a candidate, whether the spending of that movement in support of the candidate would fall under any other clauses within the Law?"
Answer
- Under Article 9 of the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 a "third party" means a person acting (or persons acting together) without the consent (express or implied) of a candidate who incurs expenses for the supply or use of goods or for the provision of services, where those goods or services are used during the regulated period (being the 4 months to the day of the polls) either to promote or procure the election of any candidate in the election, or to prejudice the electoral prospects of any candidate in the election.
The action by a person or persons of merely inviting candidates for election to support a particular cause, policy or programme or to pledge to take certain political action if elected, is not something which, by itself, would make such person or persons a "third party" subject to the requirements of the Law concerning limits on, and declarations of, expenditure.
- Under Article 3(1) of the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014, if persons forming a political movement incur, with the express or implied consent of a candidate in an election, expenditure on goods or services that are used during the regulated period to promote or procure the election of that candidate or to prejudice the electoral prospects of any candidate in the election then this falls within the candidate's expenditure to be declared and which is subject to a limit.