(1)  A candidate at a Council election must not, in respect of his or her campaign for that election, incur election expenditure exceeding the expenditure limit.

(2)  The expenditure limit is $10 000 in the year 2005 and increases by an additional $500 each subsequent year.

(3)  If a court convicts a candidate of an offence against subsection (1) it is to, at the time of conviction, make a finding of the amount by which the candidate's election expenditure exceeded the expenditure limit.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , expenditure incurred by the election agent of a candidate is taken to have been incurred by the candidate.