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Referendum advertising - General rules for referendum advertisements - Counting of expenses

50: Counting of expenses in relation to jointly promoted referendum advertisements

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"How to count costs for referendum ads promoted by multiple people or groups"

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When a referendum advertisement is promoted by more than one person or group, it is called a jointly promoted referendum advertisement. This happens when the advertisement has the details of each promoter on it. You need to know that each promoter must add up all the costs of making the advertisement and count them as their own expenses. This is so they can follow the rules outlined in sections 44(b), 45, and 72 when it comes to the referendum.

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49: Counting of expenses in relation to joint advertisements, or

"How to count costs for ads that promote both elections and referendums"

51: Promoters to keep records to verify referendum expenses, or

"People running a referendum must keep expense records so others can check them."

Part 3Referendum advertising
General rules for referendum advertisements: Counting of expenses

50Counting of expenses in relation to jointly promoted referendum advertisements

In this section, jointly promoted referendum advertisement means a referendum advertisement that—
is promoted by more than 1 promoter; and
has the promoter statement of each promoter on it.

Each promoter of a jointly promoted referendum advertisement must count the sum of all referendum expenses incurred in relation to the advertisement as referendum expenses of the promoter for the purposes of applying sections 44(b), 45, and 72 in relation to the referendum.