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.
Invoices received after this deadline are called unpaid claims. You must record unpaid claims in your spending return.2
Paying invoices from suppliers
You must pay all your invoices from suppliers within 60 days of the election.3
Invoices received in time but remaining unpaid after this deadline are called disputed claims. You must record disputed claims 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
5 August 2024 (6 August in Scotland)
2 September 2024
Leave to pay
You must not pay unpaid or disputed claims unless there is a court order or judgement enabling you to do so.6
This is known as leave to pay. It is an offence to make a payment for an unpaid or disputed claim without obtaining leave to pay.7
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.