Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

This section applies if either of the following incurs electoral expenditure:

a group for a Senate election;

an agent acting on behalf of a group in a Senate election.

For the purposes of this Part:

if the group is a single‑party endorsed group—the registered political party that endorsed the candidates in the group is taken to have incurred the expenditure; and

if the group is a jointly endorsed group—each registered political party that endorsed one or more candidates in the group is taken to have incurred a share of the expenditure (rounded to the nearest dollar) proportionate to the number of candidates the party has endorsed; and

if none of the group’s members is a candidate endorsed by a registered political party—each member of the group is taken to have incurred an equal share of the expenditure (rounded to the nearest dollar); and

in any case—the group is taken not to have incurred any of the expenditure.

If paragraph (c) applies, each member of the group is required to report on the group member’s share of the expenditure and that share counts towards any expenditure caps that apply in relation to the group members.