Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018 (NSW)

Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018

[2018-487]

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Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018

[2018-487]

Contents

Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018

1   Name of Notice

This Notice is the Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018.

2   Definitions

(1)  In this Notice:

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 Notice.

(2)  Notes included in this Notice do not form part of this Notice.

Schedule 1 Donations

1   Adjustment of political donation caps amounts: section 23 (1) of the Act

(1) Political donations to or for the benefit of registered party or group: section 23 (1) (a) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$6,300

(2) Political donations to or for the benefit of a party that is not a registered party, an elected member, a candidate, a third-party campaigner or an associated entity: section 23 (1) (b) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$2,800

Note.

 For the applicable cap on political donations in State elections in each financial year prior to 2018–2019, see the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures (Adjustable Amounts) Notice (repealed) under the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 (repealed) on the NSW legislation website.

2   Adjustment of exemption from donation caps amounts: section 26 of the Act

(1) Donations to party by candidate in Legislative Council election who is a member of the party: section 26 (5) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$51,100

(2) Donations to group by candidate in Legislative Council election who is a member of the group but is not a member of a party: section 26 (6) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$51,100

3   Adjustment of indirect campaign contribution amounts: section 47 of the Act

(1) Value of things provided to or done for the benefit of a registered party or a group: section 47 (3) (c) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$6,300

(2) Value of things provided to or done for the benefit of a party that is not a registered party, an elected member or a candidate: section 47 (3) (d) of the Act

First day of financial year	Adjustable amount
1 July 2018	$2,800

Schedule 2 Expenditure

1   Adjustment of applicable caps on electoral expenditure for State election campaigns: section 29 of the Act

(1) Parties with Assembly candidates in a general election: section 29 (2) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$132,600

(2) Other parties with Council candidates in a general election: section 29 (4) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$1,389,900

(3) Independent groups of candidates in Council general elections: section 29 (5) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$1,389,900

(4) Party candidates in Assembly general election: section 29 (6) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$132,600

(5) Independent candidates in Assembly general election: section 29 (7) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$198,700

(6) Non-grouped candidates in Council general election: section 29 (8) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$198,700

(7) Candidates in Assembly by-election: section 29 (9) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$265,000

(8) Third-party campaigners in Assembly by-election: section 29 (11) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	$21,600

(9) Additional cap for individual Assembly seats: section 29 (12) (a) and (b) of the Act

First day of election period	Adjustable amount
24 March 2019	(a)  $66,400 in the case of a party, or (b)  $26,700 in the case of a third-party campaigner

Schedule 3 Public funding for electoral expenditure of parties and candidates

1   Adjustment of public funding amounts for 2019 State general election and subsequent election periods: Division 2 of Part 4 of the Act

(1) Adjustment of $3 per first preference vote amounts

General election concluding election period	Adjustable amount
March 2019	$3.24
March 2023	$3.50

(2) Adjustment of $4 per first preference vote amounts

General election concluding election period	Adjustable amount
March 2019	$4.32
March 2023	$4.66

(3) Adjustment of $4.50 per first preference vote amounts

General election concluding election period	Adjustable amount
March 2019	$4.86
March 2023	$5.25

Schedule 4 Public funding other than campaign funding

1   Adjustment—funding parties for administrative expenditure: section 87 of the Act

(1) Eligible party with 1 elected member: section 87 (3) (a) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$89,300

(2) Eligible party with 2 elected members: section 87 (3) (b) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$153,000

(3) Eligible party with 3 elected members: section 87 (3) (c) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$191,200

(4) Eligible party with more than 3 elected members: section 87 (3) (d) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$191,200 plus $30,600 for each member in excess of 3 up to a maximum of 22 members in excess of 3

2   Adjustment—funding independent members for administrative expenditure: section 88 of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$57,600

3   Adjustment—funding parties for policy development expenditure: section 93 of the Act

(1) Per first preference vote received by endorsed candidates: section 93 (4) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$0.65

(2) Maximum amount for party registered less than 8 years: section 93 (5) of the Act

Year commencing	Adjustable amount
1 January 2019	$12,600

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Notice 2018. LW 24.8.2018. Date of commencement, on publication on LW. This Notice has been amended as follows:

2018	(684)	Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Amendment Notice 2018. LW 30.11.2018. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2019	(170)	Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Amendment Notice 2019. LW 18.4.2019. Date of commencement, on publication on LW.
(177)	Electoral Funding (Adjustable Amounts) Amendment (Public Funding) Notice 2019. LW 26.4.2019. Date of commencement, on publication on LW.

Table of amendments

Sch 1, heading	Subst 2018 (684), Sch 1 [1].
Sch 1	Am 2018 (684), Sch 1 [2].
Sch 2	Ins 2019 (170), cl 2 (1).
Sch 3	Ins 2019 (177), cl 2 (1).
Sch 4 (previously Sch 2, previously Sch 3)	Ins 2018 (684), Sch 1 [3]. Renumbered 2019 (170), cl 2 (2); 2019 (177), cl 2 (2).