New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL FUNDING ACT 2018 - SECT 84

84 Administrative expenditure--payments from Administration Fund

(cf section 97B EFED Act)

(1) For the purposes of Division 2, a reference to administrative expenditure is a reference to expenditure for administrative and operating expenses and--

(a) includes a reference to the following--

(i) expenditure for the administration or management of the activities of the eligible party or elected member,

(ii) expenditure for conferences, seminars, meetings or similar functions at which the policies of the eligible party or elected member are discussed or formulated,

(iii) expenditure on providing information to the public or a section of the public about the eligible party or elected member,

(iv) expenditure on providing information to members and supporters of the eligible party or elected member,

(v) expenditure in respect of the audit of the financial accounts of the eligible party or elected member,

(vi) expenditure on equipment and training to ensure compliance by the eligible party, elected members or endorsed candidates of the eligible party with the obligations under this Act,

(vii) expenditure on the reasonable remuneration of staff engaged in the above activities for the eligible party or elected member (being the proportion of that remuneration that relates to the time spent on those activities),

(viii) reasonable expenditure on equipment or vehicles used for the purposes of the above activities (being the proportion of the cost of their acquisition and operation that relates to the use of the equipment or vehicles for those activities),

(ix) expenditure on office accommodation for the above staff and equipment,

(x) expenditure on interest payments on loans, but

(b) does not include a reference to the following--

(i) electoral expenditure,

(ii) expenditure for which a member may claim a parliamentary allowance as a member,

(iii) expenditure incurred substantially in respect of operations or activities that relate to the election of members to a Parliament other than the NSW Parliament,

(iv) expenditure prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The decision of the Electoral Commission as to whether any expenditure is or is not administrative expenditure in accordance with this Act, the regulations and the guidelines determined under section 152 is final. The Auditor-General or an auditor is, for the purposes of this Act, entitled to rely on any such decision of the Electoral Commission.