Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00011:clause:4_8
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Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 8
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8  Application of amendments
(1A) For the purposes of the definition of disclosure threshold in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, as inserted by this Schedule, the amount for an indexation year is not replaced if the indexation year begins during the period:
 (a) beginning on the day after this subitem commences; and
 (b) ending on polling day for the first general election of the members of the House of Representatives held after the commencement of this subitem.
(1B) Subitem (1A) applies despite section 321A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
(1) Division 2 of Part VIIIA of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to referendum expenditure periods for which the writs referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of that term in that Act, as inserted by this Schedule, are issued on or after the commencement of this Schedule (whether the 6‑month period referred to in that paragraph begins before, on or after that commencement).
(2) Section 109J of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to gifts made on or after the commencement of this item.
(3) Section 109L of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, as inserted by this Schedule, applies to the financial year in which this Schedule commences, and later financial years, in relation to amounts of referendum expenditure incurred or amount fundraised on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(4) A notice may be given to a person under section 109N of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984, as inserted by this Schedule, in relation to the provision of information or documents regardless of whether the information or documents were obtained by the person before, on or after that commencement.