(cf section 95H EFED Act)
The applicable cap on electoral expenditure for a State election applies to
electoral expenditure during each of the following periods (the
"capped State expenditure period" )--
(a) in the case of a general election to be held following the expiry of the Assembly by the effluxion of time--the period from and including 1 October in the year before which the election is to be held to the end of the election day for the election,
(b) in any other case--the period from and including the day of the issue of the writ or writs for the election to the end of the election day for the election.