Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 199

In this part, electoral expenditure means expenditure incurred (whether or not incurred during the capped expenditure period for an election) on, or a gift in kind given that consists of—

(a) the broadcasting, during the capped expenditure period for the election, of an advertisement that advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party; or

(b) the publishing in a journal, during the capped expenditure period for the election, of an advertisement that advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party; or

(c) the publishing on the internet, during the capped expenditure period for the election, of an advertisement that advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party, even if the internet site on which the publication is made is located outside Queensland; or

(d) the display, during the capped expenditure period for the election, at a theatre or other place of entertainment, of an advertisement that advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party; or

(e) the production of an advertisement that advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party, being an advertisement that is broadcast, published or displayed as mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or

(f) the production of any material (other than material mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d)) that—

(i) advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party; and

(ii) is required under section 181 to include the name and address of the author of the material or of the person authorising the material; and

(iii) is used during the capped expenditure period for the election; or

(g) the production and distribution of material that—

(i) advocates a vote for or against a candidate or for or against a registered political party; and

(ii) is addressed to particular entities; and

(iii) is distributed during the capped expenditure period for the election; or

(h) the carrying out, during the capped expenditure period for the election, of an opinion poll, or other research, relating to the election.