(1)  Subject to subsection (2) , a person, other than a candidate or the election agent of a candidate, must not incur any expenditure with a view to promoting or procuring the election of the candidate as a Member of the Council.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not preclude the payment or giving of any money, security or equivalent of money directly to a candidate or his or her election agent with a view to promoting or procuring the election of the candidate as a Member of the Council.

(3)  A candidate at a Council election must not authorise a person other than his or her election agent to incur on his or her behalf expenditure with a view to promoting or procuring the candidate's election.