Electoral Act 1992

For this part, each of the following is a participant in an election—

a candidate in the election;

a registered political party;

a registered third party for the election under division 12;

a third party that is not registered for the election that incurs electoral expenditure for the election.

Subsection (3) applies if—

a person becomes a candidate in an election for subsection (1)(a) because the person indicates the person’s intention to become a candidate in the election by incurring electoral expenditure; orNote—See section 2, definition candidate, paragraph (b)(iii).

a third party becomes a third party to which subsection (1)(d) applies for an election by incurring electoral expenditure for the election.

Despite section 281, the person or third party incurs the electoral expenditure when the person or third party enters a transaction to incur the expenditure, regardless of when—

the amount of the expenditure is invoiced or paid; or

the obligation to pay for the expenditure arises; or

the goods or services for which the expenditure is incurred are supplied or provided.

In this part, a reference to an election participant in a provision about an election is a reference to a participant in the election.