Electoral Funding Regulation 2018 (2018-366) (NSW)

Electoral Funding Regulation 2018

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Electoral Funding Regulation 2018.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on 1 July 2018 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Definitions (1) In this Regulation— Part 3 declaration means a declaration of disclosures under Part 3 of the Act. Part 4 payment means a payment under Part 4 of the Act. party records means the accounting records required to be kept by a party under Division 4 of Part 2. property does not include money. responsible person, for an elected member, group, candidate, associated entity or third-party campaigner, means the person who is responsible under section 14 of the Act for making disclosures required under Part 3 of the Act for the elected member, group, candidate, associated entity or third-party campaigner. the Act means the Electoral Funding Act 2018.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation. (2) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

4 Expenditure that is not electoral expenditure (1) For the purposes of section 7(2)(c) of the Act, expenditure incurred in the use or acquisition of any of the following items is prescribed as expenditure that is not electoral expenditure— (a) a motor vehicle, (b) motor vehicle accessories, (c) a vessel or aircraft used for the purpose of navigation, (d) televisions and radios, (e) television and radio broadcasting equipment, (f) electronic equipment for recording sounds or visual images, (g) photographic equipment, (h) computers and associated equipment and computer software, (i) office furniture and equipment, unless the use or acquisition is exercised or effected within a period of 10 weeks that includes an election day and is terminated or disposed of within that period. (2) If there is a purchase and disposal of property in the exception referred to in subclause (1), electoral expenditure includes only so much of the purchase price of the property as is not recovered in the disposal of the property. (3) In this clause— motor vehicle means a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport Act 2013. motor vehicle accessories includes radios, sound reproducing equipment, air conditioning units, spare tyres or tools to be used with a motor vehicle. office furniture and equipment includes desks, tables, chairs, filing cabinets, library shelving, computers, calculators, cash registers, photocopiers, printing machines, paper collating machines, water coolers, air conditioners, refrigerators, lockers or other items of a durable nature utilised in or ancillary to a work function.