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Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - Election expenses of parties

206C: Maximum amount of party's total election expenses

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"How much a political party can spend on an election"

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If you are a party listed on the ballot paper for the party vote, your total election expenses must not be more than $1,480,000, as prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council under section 266A, plus $34,800 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for your party, as prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council under section 266A. If you are not listed on the ballot paper for the party vote, your total election expenses must not be more than $34,800 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for your party. These amounts include goods and services tax.

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Part 6AElection expenses, donations, and annual financial statements
Election expenses of parties

206CMaximum amount of party's total election expenses

  1. If a party is listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote, the total election expenses of that party in respect of any regulated period must not exceed—

  2. $1,480,000 (or such other amount as is prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council under section 266A); and
    1. $34,800 (or such other amount as is prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council under section 266A) for each electoral district contested by a candidate for the party.

      1. If a party is not listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote, the total election expenses of that party in respect of any regulated period must not exceed $34,800 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for the party.

      2. The amounts in subsections (1) and (2) are inclusive of goods and services tax.

      Notes
      • Section 206C: substituted, on , by section 12 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).
      • Section 206C(1)(a): amended, on , by clause 6(1) of the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025 (SL 2025/119).
      • Section 206C(1)(b): amended, on , by clause 6(2) of the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025 (SL 2025/119).
      • Section 206C(2): amended, on , by clause 6(3) of the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025 (SL 2025/119).