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Electoral Act 2004
203BApplicable caps on electoral expenditure
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203B Applicable caps on electoral expenditure
(1) The applicable caps on electoral expenditure are the following:
(a) for a registered party that endorses candidates for election –
40 000 monetary units multiplied by the number of divisions in
which a candidate is so endorsed;
(b) for a candidate not endorsed by any registered party –
40 000 monetary units.
(2) For the purposes of the cap specified in subsection (1)(a), electoral
expenditure by an associated entity is to be aggregated with
electoral expenditure by the registered party with which the entity is
associated.
(3) Despite anything to the contrary in the Monetary Units Act 2018, the
value of a monetary unit for subsection (1) in relation to a capped
expenditure period that spans 2 financial years is taken to be the
value of a monetary unit on the day on which the capped
expenditure period starts.