Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

This section applies in relation to references in this Subdivision to electoral expenditure incurred by a capped expenditure entity in a period.

To avoid doubt, if, at a time in the period, a capped expenditure entity that satisfies one paragraph of the definition of capped expenditure entity starts to satisfy another paragraph instead, a reference to electoral expenditure incurred by the entity in the period includes electoral expenditure incurred by the entity before the time.

If an entity was not a capped expenditure entity at the start of the period but starts to be one at a time during the period:

a reference to electoral expenditure incurred by the entity in the period includes electoral expenditure incurred by the entity before that time; and

any electoral expenditure incurred by the entity before that time is taken to have been incurred at the time the entity started to be a capped expenditure entity.

This Subdivision does not apply in relation to electoral expenditure incurred by a capped expenditure entity at any time while the entity is a nominated entity of a registered political party.

The nominated entity of a registered political party is a member of a registered political party’s expenditure group and so its electoral expenditure is covered by Subdivision C.