144Meaning of campaign material

144 Meaning of campaign material (1) Campaign material is an advertisement, document or any other thing that is intended to promote the electoral prospect of a particular candidate or group of candidates for the election. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), campaign material includes any of (a) an electoral advertisement; (b) a printed document containing an electoral matter (for example, a handbill, pamphlet or how-to-vote card); (c) a message containing an electoral matter that is sent by telephone or otherwise broadcast by electronic means; (d) material containing an electoral matter that is published. (3) The Commissioner may, in writing, declare a thing mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) is not campaign material. (4) The Commissioner may do so only if the Commissioner is satisfied the declaration is warranted having regard to all of the following: (a) any information contained in the thing and the way in which the information is presented; (b) the person for whom the thing is created; (c) the way in which the thing is intended to be used or distributed; (d) any other matters as the Commissioner considers appropriate.

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