Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 308

             (1)  In this Division, electoral expenditure , in relation to an election, means expenditure incurred (whether or not incurred during the election period) on:

                     (a)  the broadcasting, during the election period, of an advertisement relating to the election; or

                     (b)  the publishing in a journal, during the election period, of an advertisement relating to the election; or

                     (c)  the display, during the election period, at a theatre or other place of entertainment, of an advertisement relating to the election; or

                     (d)  the production of an advertisement relating to the election, being an advertisement that is broadcast, published or displayed as mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or

                     (e)  the production of any material (not being material referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)) that is required under section 328, 328A or 332 to include the name and address of the author of the material or of the person authorizing the material and that is used during the election period; or

                      (f)  the production and distribution of electoral matter that is addressed to particular persons or organisations and is distributed during the election period; or

                     (g)  the carrying out, during the election period, of an opinion poll, or other research, relating to the election.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Division, electoral expenditure incurred by or with the authority of a division of a State branch of a political party shall be deemed to have been incurred by that State branch.

             (3)  A reference in this Division to a participant in an election shall be read as a reference to:

                     (a)  a political party, a State branch of a political party, a division of a State branch of a political party or a candidate; or

                     (b)  a person (not being a political party, a State branch of a political party, a division of a State branch of a political party or a candidate) by whom or with the authority of whom electoral expenditure in relation to an election was incurred.