Candidates to pay amounts out of State campaign accounts after candidate terminating events
175LR Candidates to pay amounts out of State campaign accounts after candidate terminating events
This section applies if —
1 of the following events (a candidate terminating event) occurs in relation to a candidate who is not a member of the Council or the Assembly —
the candidate is not elected and does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election;
the candidate dies;
and
the candidate’s State campaign account has an amount remaining in it after debts owing in relation to the candidate’s electoral expenditure in relation to an election or the account have been satisfied.
Within the period set out in subsection (3), the responsible person for the candidate must pay the amount remaining in the candidate’s State campaign account to —
if the candidate was a part of a group and a group terminating event has not occurred in relation to the group — the group’s State campaign account; or
if paragraph (a) does not apply and the candidate is an endorsed candidate of a registered political party when the candidate terminating event occurs — the State campaign account of the registered political party; or
if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply — a charity nominated by the candidate or responsible person.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $24 000.
For the purposes of subsection (2), the period is 28 days beginning on —
if this section applies because of subsection (1)(a)(i) — the day on which the responsible person for the candidate becomes aware that the candidate does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election; or
otherwise — the day on which the candidate terminating event occurs.
[Section 175LR inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 128.]
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