(1)  The official agent in relation to a Council candidate may incur or authorise Council election expenditure on behalf of the Council candidate.

(2)  Subject to subsection (3) , a person, other than –

(a) a Council candidate or intending candidate in relation to a Council election; or

(b) the official agent in relation to a Council candidate –

must not incur any Council election expenditure with a view to promoting or procuring the election, as a Council Member, of the candidate or intending candidate.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not preclude the payment or giving of any money, security or equivalent of money directly to –

(a) a Council candidate; or

(b) an intending candidate in relation to a Council election; or

(c) the official agent in relation to a Council candidate –

with a view to promoting or procuring the election, as a Council Member, of the Council candidate or intending candidate.

(4)  A candidate who is a Council candidate, or an intending candidate in relation to a Council election, must not authorise a person, other than the official agent in relation to the candidate, to incur on his or her behalf Council election expenditure with a view to promoting or procuring the election, as a Council Member, of the Council candidate or intending candidate.