There are time limits by which the responsible person must receive all invoices for your campaign spending.
Receiving invoices from suppliers
You must obtain all your invoices for your campaign spending from suppliers within 30 days of the election.1
If you do not get an invoice within 30 days, you must not pay it after that time without getting a court order to do so. You should make your suppliers aware of this.
You must record details of invoices that haven’t been received by this deadline in your spending return.2
Paying invoices from suppliers
You must pay all your invoices from suppliers within 60 days of the election.3
Similarly, if you do not pay an invoice received on time within 60 days, you must not pay it after that time without getting a court order to do so. You should make your suppliers aware of this.
You must record details of items that haven’t been paid by this deadline in your spending return.4
Please note that if the deadline for any of the above falls on a weekend or public holiday, the deadline will move to the next working day.5
This is included within the following deadline calculations.
Latest date to
Receive your invoices
Pay your invoices
6 June 2026
6 July 2026
Leave to pay
Obtaining a court order to pay invoices received late or remaining unpaid after the deadline is known as leave to pay. It is an offence to make a payment for these claims without obtaining leave to pay.6
Leave to pay may be obtained by you or the supplier applying to the relevant court to obtain a court judgement or order for payment.