88.28 For the purposes of this Act, the campaign period for a registered third party in relation to an election in a municipality shall be determined in accordance with the following rules: 1.  The campaign period begins on the day on which the individual, corporation or trade union is registered as a registered third party in relation to the election in the municipality. 2.  The campaign period ends on December 31 in the case of a regular election and 45 days after voting day in the case of a by-election. 2.1  Despite paragraph 2, the campaign period ends, i.  on the day the third party’s registration is withdrawn under subsection 88.6 (15) or deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 88.6 (16), or ii.  on the day the third party advertiser files the documents under section 88.29, as long as the documents are filed after voting day and before December 31 in the year of a regular election. 3.  Despite paragraph 2, if the registered third party has a deficit at the time the campaign period would otherwise end and the registered third party notifies the clerk in the prescribed form on or before December 31 in the case of a regular election and 45 days after voting day in the case of a by-election, the campaign period is extended and is deemed to have run continuously from the date on which the registered third party was registered until the earliest of, i.  June 30 in the year following the regular election, ii.  the end of the six-month period following the 45th day after voting day, in the case of a by-election, iii.  the day the registered third party notifies the clerk in writing that he, she or it will not accept further contributions, and iv.  the day A equals the total of B and C, where, A =  any further contributions, B =  the expenses incurred during the extension of the campaign period, and C =  the amount of the registered third party’s deficit at the start of the extension of the campaign period. 4.  If, after the campaign period ends under paragraph 2 or 3, the registered third party incurs expenses relating to a compliance audit and he, she or it notifies the clerk in writing, the campaign period is deemed to have recommenced and to have run continuously from the day on which the registered third party was registered until the earliest of, i.  the day the total of A and B equals the total of C and D, where, A =  any amount released to the registered third party under subsection 88.31 (7), B =  any further contributions, C =  the expenses incurred after the campaign period recommences, and D =  the amount of the registered third party’s deficit, if any, before the campaign period recommenced, ii.  the day the registered third party notifies the clerk in writing that he, she or it will not accept further contributions, iii.  June 30 in the year following the regular election, and iv.  the end of the six-month period following the 45th day after voting day, in the case of a by-election. 2016, c. 15, s. 61; 2017, c. 10, Sched. 4, s. 8 (17, 18); 2021, c. 5, Sched. 4, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2016, c. 15, s. 61 - 01/04/2018 2017, c. 10, Sched. 4, s. 8 (17, 18) - 01/04/2018 2021, c. 5, Sched. 4, s. 7 - 19/04/2021