212BSpecial rule for instalment payments of public funding entitlement in relation to 2022 general election

212B Special rule for instalment payments of public funding entitlement in relation to 2022 general election (1) This section applies to an eligible registered political party or an eligible independent candidate (within the meaning of section 212A) in relation to the general election to be held in 2022 (the ***2022 election***). (2) Despite section 212A(2), for the purposes of the payment for the 2022 election, the amount that the eligible registered political party or eligible independent candidate is entitled to receive is to be calculated on the assumption that section 211(2A) as inserted by section 52(2) of the **Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 2018** had applied in respect of the previous general election. (3) The amount is payable in relation to the 2022 election in 4 instalments as follows— (a) 40 per cent within 30 days after the Commission is given the statement under section 208 in relation to the previous general election; (b) 20 per cent on 30 April in each of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the 2022 general election is held; (c) 20 per cent on 30 April in the calendar year in which the 2022 election is held. (4) Section 212A(3) to (7) apply in relation to a payment referred to in subsection (2) of this section in the same way as they apply to a payment referred to in section 212A(2).