Application of section 13A
38 Application of section 13A
Section 13A, as inserted by the amending Act, extends to possible criminal offences referred to in that section that may have been committed before the commencement of the amending Act.
The Electoral Commission is taken to have referred to the Commission under section 13A the investigation of conduct that may involve possible criminal offences under the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912, the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 or the Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011 that have come to light as a result of investigations and proceedings of the Commission known as Operation Spicer and Operation Credo. The Commission is taken to have determined under that section to continue that investigation.
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