South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts115A—Automated political calls
(1) A person must not
make, or cause or permit the making of, a telephone call consisting of a
pre-recorded electoral advertisement unless, immediately after that part of
the call consisting of the advertisement, the following statements are made:
(a) the
name and address (not being a post office box) of the person who is making, or
who authorises the making of, the call;
(b) if
the call is authorised for a registered political party or a candidate
endorsed by a registered political party—the name of the
political party;
(c) if
the call is authorised for a relevant third party—the name of the
relevant third party.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if
the offender is a natural person—$5 000;
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate—$10 000.
(2) In this
section—
"relevant third party" means an organisation or other person, other than a
registered political party, candidate or natural person, who—
(a) as
at the day on which the call to which subsection (1) relates is made,
intends to spend more than $2 000 on electoral advertisements—
(i)
if the call is made in an election period—during
that election period; or
(ii)
in any other case—during the election period for
the next general election due to occur; or
(b)
spent more than $2 000 on electoral advertisements during the election period
for the general election immediately preceding the day on which the call to
which subsection (1) relates is made.