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Electoral Act 1993

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

206CA: Apportionment of advertising expenses for publication of party advertisement both before and during regulated period

You could also call this:

"How to fairly split costs of party ads published before and during an election period"

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If you publish a party advertisement before and during a regulated period, or if you publish it before and it keeps being published during that time, this rule applies to you. You must split the costs of the advertisement so that only a fair share of the costs is counted as happening during the regulated period. This means that only the costs that are counted as happening during the regulated period are considered election expenses.

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Election expenses of parties

206CAApportionment of advertising expenses for publication of party advertisement both before and during regulated period

  1. This section applies if a party advertisement—

  2. is published both before the commencement of the regulated period and during the regulated period; or
    1. is published before the commencement of the regulated period and continues to be published during the regulated period.

      1. If this section applies,—

      2. the party advertisement is deemed to have been published during the regulated period; but
        1. the advertising expenses for the publication of the party advertisement must be apportioned so that only a fair proportion of the expenses is attributed to being incurred during the regulated period.

          1. Only the advertising expenses attributed to being incurred during the regulated period in accordance with subsection (2) are election expenses.

          Notes
          • Section 206CA: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).