147Administrative funding of eligible parties for Assembly administrative expenditure

147 Administrative funding of eligible parties for Assembly administrative expenditure

(1)  A registered party is, subject to and in accordance with this Act, eligible for quarterly payments from the Administration Fund if –

(a) it was a registered party on the polling day for the previous Assembly general election and continues to be a registered party on the date on which the entitlement for a quarterly payment is determined under this Part; and

(b) an Assembly Member who was, on the polling day, an Assembly candidate who is endorsed by the party, was elected at the Assembly election and the Commission is satisfied that the Assembly Member claimed during that election to be endorsed by the party; and

(c) the Commission is satisfied that the Assembly Member continues to be endorsed by the registered party on the date on which the entitlement for a quarterly payment is determined under this Part.

(2)  A registered party is, subject to and in accordance with this Act, eligible for quarterly payments from the Administration Fund if –

(a) it was a registered party on the polling day for the previous Assembly general election and continues to be a registered party on the date on which the entitlement for a quarterly payment is determined under this Part; and

(b) an Assembly Member, who was not endorsed by the party on the polling day, was elected at the Assembly election; and

(c) the Commission is satisfied that the Assembly Member is endorsed by the registered party on the date on which the entitlement for a quarterly payment is determined under this Part and was so endorsed during all of the quarter to which the quarterly payment relates.

(3)  The quarterly amount to be distributed from the Administration Fund to any registered party that is eligible under subsection (1) or (2) is the amount of Assembly administrative expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the party during the quarter to which the payment relates, but is not to exceed –

(a) $33 054 if there are 6 or more Assembly Members to whom subsection (1) or (2) applies in relation to the party; or