7Meaning of “electoral expenditure”

7 Meaning of “electoral expenditure”

7 Meaning of “electoral expenditure”

(cf section 87 EFED Act)

(1) For the purposes of this Act, electoral expenditure is expenditure for or in connection with promoting or opposing, directly or indirectly, a party or the election of a candidate or candidates or for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the voting at an election, and which is expenditure of one of the following kinds—

(a) expenditure on advertisements in radio, television, the internet, cinemas, newspapers, billboards, posters, brochures, how-to-vote cards and other election material,

(b) expenditure on the production and distribution of election material,

(c) expenditure on the internet, telecommunications, stationery and postage,

(d) expenditure incurred in employing staff engaged in election campaigns,

(e) expenditure incurred for office accommodation for any such staff and candidates (other than for the campaign headquarters of a party or for the electorate office of an elected member),

(f) expenditure on travel and travel accommodation for candidates and staff engaged in electoral campaigning,

(g) expenditure on research associated with election campaigns (other than in-house research),

(h) expenditure incurred in raising funds for an election,

(i) expenditure of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Electoral expenditure does not include—

(a) expenditure incurred substantially in respect of an election of members to a Parliament other than the NSW Parliament, or

(b) expenditure on factual advertising of—

(i) meetings to be held for the purpose of selecting persons for nomination as candidates for election, or

(ii) meetings for organisational purposes of parties, branches of parties or conferences, committees or other bodies of parties or branches of parties, or

(iii) any other matter involving predominantly the administration of parties or conferences, committees or other bodies of parties or branches of parties, or