67Amount of public funding for eligible parties

#### 67 Amount of public funding for eligible parties 67 Amount of public funding for eligible parties (cf sections 58 and 103C EFED Act) > > (1) The amount to be distributed from the Election Campaigns Fund to a party eligible for payments from the Fund in respect of a State election is (subject to subsection (2))— > > > > > (a) $5.30 for each first preference vote received by an endorsed candidate of the party in the Assembly general election and $3.98 for each first preference vote received by an endorsed candidate of the party in the periodic Council election, or > > > > > (b) the total amount of the actual campaign expenditure of the party and of those endorsed candidates of the party, > > > > whichever is the lesser. > > > (2) If a party is under section 66 eligible for payments from the Election Campaigns Fund because it meets the eligibility criteria in the periodic Council election but not the Assembly general election— > > > > > (a) in the case of a party that had 10–24 endorsed candidates in the Assembly general election—the amount under subsection (1)(a) is to include $3.98 for each first preference vote in relation to the Assembly general election, in addition to $3.98 for each first preference vote in relation to the periodic Council election, or > > > > > (a1) in the case of a party that had 25 or more endorsed candidates in the Assembly general election—the amount under subsection (1)(a) is to include $5.30 for each first preference vote in relation to the Assembly general election, in addition to $3.98 for each first preference vote in relation to the periodic Council election, or > > > > > (b) in any other case—the amount under subsection (1)(a) is to be calculated at the rate of $5.97 (instead of $3.98) for each first preference vote in relation to the periodic Council election (and by excluding any votes received in the Assembly general election). > > > (3) Each of the amounts referred to in subsections (1) and (2) is an adjustable amount that is to be adjusted for inflation as provided by Schedule 1. > > **s 67:** Am 2026 No 6, Sch 2\[22\]–\[25\].