135Amount of public funding for eligible independent Assembly candidates

135 Amount of public funding for eligible independent Assembly candidates

(1)  The amount to be distributed from the Election Campaigns Fund to an independent Assembly candidate who was a candidate in relation to an Assembly general election, or an Assembly by-election, and who is, under section 134 , eligible for payments from the Election Campaigns Fund is whichever is the lesser of the following:

(a) $6 for each formal first preference vote received in the Assembly general election, or the Assembly by-election, by that candidate in that election; or

(b) the total amount of the actual campaign expenditure, in respect of the election, that is incurred by or on behalf of the candidate.

(2)  The amount of $6 referred to in subsection (1) is an adjustable amount that is to be adjusted for inflation as provided by Schedule 1 .