Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:clause:3_321c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 321C
Character Range: 817893–819528

321C  Objects of this Part
 (1) The objects of this Part are to promote free and informed voting at elections by enhancing the following:
 (a) the transparency of the electoral system, by allowing voters to know who is communicating electoral matter;
 (b) the accountability of those persons participating in public debate relating to electoral matter, by making those persons responsible for their communications;
 (c) the traceability of communications of electoral matter, by ensuring that obligations imposed by this Part in relation to those communications can be enforced;
 (d) the integrity of the electoral system, by ensuring that only those with a legitimate connection to Australia are able to influence Australian elections.
 (2) This Part aims to achieve these objects by doing the following:
 (a) requiring the particulars of the person who authorised the communication of electoral matter to be notified if:
 (i) the matter is an electoral advertisement, all or part of whose distribution or production is paid for; or
 (ii) the matter forms part of a specified printed communication; or
 (iii) the matter is communicated by, or on behalf of, a disclosure entity;
 (b) ensuring that the particulars are clearly identifiable, irrespective of how the matter is communicated;
 (c) restricting the communication of electoral matter authorised by foreign campaigners.
 (3) This Part is not intended to detract from:
 (a) the ability of Australians to communicate electoral matters to voters; and
 (b) voters' ability to communicate with each other on electoral matters.

Division 2—Authorisation of certain electoral matter