9Disclosure of electoral expenditure

9 Disclosure of electoral expenditure

(1)  In this regulation –

copy of advertising material means, in the case of an advertisement by radio, television, cinema, social media or online –

(a) the text of the advertisement, if any; or

(b) an electronic copy of the advertisement.

(2)  For the purposes of section 71(8) of the Act, the prescribed manner of vouching for electoral expenditure in an Assembly election campaign return is by attaching to the return –

(a) subject to subregulation (3) , copies of either the invoices or receipts, or a mixture of both, issued in respect of the expenditure; and

(b) copies of any advertising material to which any portion of the expenditure relates, but not online advertising material if the cost of the transaction for the online advertising material did not exceed $50.

(3)  A copy of an invoice or receipt may only be attached to an Assembly election campaign return if the invoice or receipt sets out such particulars as are sufficient to identify clearly the nature of the expenditure to which it relates.