Broadcasting Act 1989

Electoral broadcasting - Funding for election programmes and election advertisements in relation to general election

80D: Cost funded from party allocation not party election expense

You could also call this:

"Some election costs are paid from party funds and don't count as election expenses."

You pay for some election costs from the money given to your party. These costs are not included in your party's list of election expenses that you must report under section 206I of the Electoral Act 1993. If your party uses this money for a candidate's election programme or advertisement, it is treated differently and must be included in the candidate's reports under section 209 or section 205K of the Electoral Act 1993.

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80C: Apportionment of publishing costs incurred in relation to election advertisements published both before and during election period, or

"Paying for election ads on the internet before and during elections"

80E: Return of party’s allocation expenses, or

"Parties must report their allocation expenses to the Electoral Commission"

Part 6Electoral broadcasting
Funding for election programmes and election advertisements in relation to general election

80DCost funded from party allocation not party election expense

Any cost specified in section 74(1) that is paid by the Electoral Commission from the amount of money allocated to a party under section 79 is not an election expense of the party that must be included by the party in its return of election expenses under section 206I of the Electoral Act 1993.
However, any cost specified in section 74(1) incurred in relation to an election programme or election advertisement that is paid by the Electoral Commission from the amount of money allocated to a party under section 79 is,—
to the extent that programme or advertisement is a candidate election programme or candidate advertisement, a candidate donation that must be included by the candidate in his or her return of donations under section 209 of the Electoral Act 1993; and
to the extent that programme or advertisement is a candidate advertisement, an election expense of a candidate that must be included by the candidate in his or her return of election expenses under section 205K of the Electoral Act 1993.

Notes

Section 80D: inserted, on 21 March 2017, by section 4 of the Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 8).