PART III

Contracts and Claims

10. —A contract (including a contract of employment and whether in writing or otherwise) by which any election expenses at an election exceeding £500 in value are incurred by or on behalf of a political party or by or on behalf of a candidate shall be made by the national agent of the political party or by the designated person concerned or by the candidate and shall not be enforceable against any of them unless so made.

11. —Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, every claim in respect of election expenses against a national agent of a political party, a designated person or a candidate or a person referred to in section 6 (7) which is not delivered to such national agent, designated person, candidate or person on or before the forty-fifth day after the polling day at the election, shall not be paid and shall not be enforceable against the said agent, designated person, candidate or person.

12. —If a national agent of a political party, designated person, candidate or person to whom section 6 (7) applies disputes any claim delivered to such agent, designated person, candidate or person within the period allowed for delivery of such claims under section 11 , the person by whom the claim is made may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order for payment of the claim and the court may, on being satisfied that the claim should be paid, make an order for payment and specify the amount which is payable.