Electoral Act 1907

This section applies if —

1 of the following events (a campaigner terminating event) occurs in relation to a third‑party campaigner —

the third‑party campaigner does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election;

the third‑party campaigner is an individual who dies;

the third‑party campaigner is not an individual and the campaigner ceases to exist;

the third‑party campaigner’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 a third‑party campaigner must pay the amount remaining in the third‑party campaigner’s State campaign account to a charity nominated by the third‑party campaigner 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 third‑party campaigner becomes aware that the third‑party campaigner does not intend to incur additional electoral expenditure in relation to an election; or

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