Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016:clause:4_302aqc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 302AQC
Character Range: 209376–211312

302AQC  Exception—travel and translation expenses
 (1) A civil penalty provision in Subdivision C does not apply in relation to electoral expenditure incurred by a member of a registered political party's expenditure group in the period concerned in relation to:
 (a) travel by a candidate who is a member of the expenditure group, or by the candidate's staff, or travel‑related accommodation for the candidate or staff, undertaken for the dominant purpose of the candidate's campaign; or
 (b) translation or interpretation services used for the dominant purpose of the candidate's campaign.
Note 1: A person who wishes to rely on this subsection bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).
Note 2: This exception does not apply in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivision F.
Note 3: A candidate's staff includes any volunteers.
 (2) A civil penalty provision in Subdivision D or E does not apply in relation to electoral expenditure incurred by a person who is a candidate in the period concerned in relation to:
 (a) travel by the candidate or by the candidate's staff, or travel‑related accommodation for the candidate or staff, undertaken for the dominant purpose of the candidate's campaign; or
 (b) translation or interpretation services used for the dominant purpose of the candidate's campaign.
Note 1: A person who wishes to rely on this subsection bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).
Note 2: This exception does not apply in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivision F.
Note 3: A candidate's staff includes any volunteers.
 (3) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a) do not include expenditure incurred in connection with a vessel, aircraft or vehicle which displays advertising or electoral matter for a candidate or registered political party.