71Payments to parties endorsing the same candidate or group

#### 71 Payments to parties endorsing the same candidate or group 71 Payments to parties endorsing the same candidate or group (cf section 62 EFED Act) > > (1) If the Electoral Commission is satisfied that 2 or more registered parties endorse the same candidate or same group of candidates for a State election and that the candidate or candidates each claim to be endorsed by those parties— > > > > > (a) those parties are taken, for the purposes of this Part, to constitute one registered party instead of 2 or more registered parties in relation to the candidate or candidates at that election, and > > > > > (b) the amount that would otherwise be payable from the Election Campaigns Fund to that one registered party in respect of the election is payable instead to those 2 or more registered parties as shared funding. > > > (2) An amount payable to 2 or more parties as shared funding is payable to them— > > > > > (a) in equal shares, or > > > > > (b) in such other shares as the party agents of those parties agree on and as are specified in a direction in writing (a shared funding direction) signed by them and served on the Electoral Commission. > > > (3) If a registered party would, but for this subsection, be entitled to be paid 2 or more amounts by virtue of subsection (1), the party is entitled to be paid only one of those amounts, being the largest amount. > > > (4) A shared funding direction remains effective until revoked by the party agents of the parties concerned and notice in writing of the revocation is served on the Electoral Commission.