South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts112B—Certain descriptions not to be used
(1) A person must not
publish or distribute an electoral advertisement or a how-to-vote card that
identifies a candidate—
(a) by
reference to the registered name of a registered political party or a
composite name consisting of the registered names of 2 registered
political parties; or
(b) by
the use of a word or set of words that could not be, or may not be able to be,
registered as the name, or as part of the name, of a political party under
Part 6 because of the operation of section 42(2)(e) or (3)(b),
unless—
(c) the
candidate is endorsed by the relevant parliamentary party or
registered political party (as the case may be); or
(d) the
relevant parliamentary party or registered political party has consented to
the use of the relevant name or names or word or words (as the case may be).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) applies to publication by any means (including radio or
television).
(3)
Subsection (1) does not prevent the publication of background
information, a personal profile, or a declaration of policy, by or in relation
to a candidate.
(4) In this
section—
"distribute" an electoral advertisement or how-to-vote card includes make the
relevant advertisement or how-to-vote card available to other persons.