Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016:clause:4_302aqe
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 302AQE
Character Range: 212179–214362

302AQE  Exception—campaign office accommodation
 (1) A civil penalty provision in Subdivision C does not apply in relation to so much of any electoral expenditure incurred by members of a registered political party's expenditure group in the period concerned as:
 (a) is incurred on a campaign office for the party (including the party's campaign headquarters) or for a member of the expenditure group who is a candidate; and
 (b) does not result in the members of the expenditure group incurring electoral expenditure exceeding:
 (i) for a campaign office that is the party's campaign headquarters—$20,000; or
 (ii) for a campaign office for a Division—$20,000 total for each Division; or
 (iii) for a campaign office for a State and Territory—$20,000 total for each State or Territory.
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: The amounts in subparagraphs (1)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) are indexed under section 321AB.
Note 3: There is an equivalent exception in subsection (3) in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivisions D and E. There is not an equivalent exception in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivision F.
 (2) To avoid doubt, an amount mentioned in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) or (iii) applies regardless of the number of campaign offices for the Division, State or Territory.
 (3) A civil penalty provision in Subdivision D or E does not apply in relation to so much of any electoral expenditure incurred by the person in the period concerned as is both:
 (a) incurred on a campaign office for the person; and
 (b) not more than $20,000.
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: The amount in paragraph (3)(b) is indexed under section 321AB.
Note 3: There is an equivalent exception in subsection (1) in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivision C. There is not an equivalent exception in relation to contraventions of provisions in Subdivision F.