For the purposes of this Act and the Regulatory Powers Act:
(a) referendum expenditure is taken to be incurred by, or with the authority of, an entity that is not a legal person if the referendum expenditure is incurred by or with the authority of any member or officer (however described) of the entity who, acting in their actual or apparent authority, incurred the referendum expenditure; and
(b) a contravention of a provision of this Part that would otherwise have been committed by a referendum entity that is not a legal person is taken to have been committed by each member or officer (however described) of the referendum entity, who, acting in that person's actual or apparent authority, engaged in any conduct or made any omission contributing to the contravention.