Electoral Act 1907

This section applies if —

1 of the following events (a group terminating event) occurs in relation to a group —

the writ for the election for which the group is constituted is returned and the group does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election;

the group ceases to exist;

the group’s State campaign account has an amount remaining in it after debts owing in relation to the account have been satisfied.

Within the period set out in subsection (3), the responsible person for the group must pay the amount remaining in the group’s State campaign account to —

if the group is a party group — the State campaign account of the registered political party that endorsed all the candidates in the group; or

if paragraph (a) does not apply — a charity nominated by the group or responsible person.

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 group becomes aware that the group does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election; or

otherwise — the day on which the group terminating event occurs.