Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - Election expenses of registered promoters

206W: Apportionment of advertising expenses for publication of election advertisement promoted by registered promoter both before and during regulated period

You could also call this:

"How to fairly split advertising costs for election ads run before and during the election period"

If you promote an election advertisement before and during a regulated period, this law applies to you. You must split the costs of advertising so that only a fair share is counted during the regulated period. The costs counted during this time are considered election expenses, and you can find more information about this law by looking at the Electoral Act. You need to make sure you are fair when splitting these costs. The law says that if your advertisement is published before and during the regulated period, it is considered to be published during that time.

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Government and voting > Elections

206V: Maximum amount of registered promoter's total election expenses, or

"How much a registered promoter can spend on an election"

206X: Offence to pay election expenses in excess of prescribed maximum, or

"Don't pay more than the allowed amount for election expenses or you might get in trouble."

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

206WApportionment of advertising expenses for publication of election advertisement promoted by registered promoter both before and during regulated period

This section applies if an election advertisement that is promoted by a registered promoter—
is published both before the commencement of the regulated period and during the regulated period; or
is published before the commencement of the regulated period and continues to be published during the regulated period.

If this section applies,—
the election advertisement is deemed to have been published during the regulated period; but
the advertising expenses for the publication of the election advertisement must be apportioned so that only a fair proportion of the expenses is attributed to being incurred during the regulated period.

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

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2007 No 111 s 119

Notes

Section 206W: inserted, on 1 January 2011, by section 15 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).