Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A reference in
this Part to things done by or with the authority of a political party or a
division of a political party shall, if the party or division is not a body
corporate, be read as a reference to things done by or with the authority of
members or officers of the party or division on behalf of the party or
division.
(2) A reference in
this Part to the endorsement by a political party of a candidate or group in
an election includes a reference to the endorsement of that candidate or group
by a body or organisation of which the party forms part or by a division of
the party.
(3) A reference in
this Part to a political party, other than a reference to the endorsement of a
candidate or group in an election, shall be read as not including a reference
to a part of the party.
(4) For the purposes
of this Part, the amount or value of a gift consisting of or including a
disposition of property other than money shall, if the regulations so provide,
be determined in accordance with principles set out or referred to in the
regulations.
(5) For the purposes
of this Part —
(a) a
body corporate and any other body corporate that is related to the
first-mentioned body corporate shall be deemed to be the same person; and
(b) the
question whether a body corporate is related to another body corporate shall
be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is
related to another corporation is determined under the Corporations Act 2001
of the Commonwealth.
(6) If the Electoral
Commissioner determines and publishes an amount for the purposes of the
definition of specified amount in section 175, the amount published becomes
the specified amount —
(a) in
relation to sections 175O, 175P, 175Q and 175R(1)(b), (c) and (d) — from
the end of the period of 30 days mentioned in that definition; and
(b) in
relation to sections 175N, 175R(1)(a) and 175ZE —on and from 1 July next
following publication.
(7) For the purposes
of this Part, an advertisement relates to an election if it contains electoral
matter, whether or not consideration was given for the publication or
broadcasting of the advertisement.
(8) For the purposes
of Division 4, electoral expenditure incurred by or with the authority of a
division of a political party shall be taken to have been incurred by the
party.
[Section 175A inserted: No. 75 of 1992 s. 4 (as
amended: No. 43 of 1996 s. 26); amended: No. 10 of 2001 s. 220.]
[Heading inserted: No. 75 of 1992 s. 4.]