Apportionment of election expenses of election advertisement between candidates

1 This section applies if an election advertisement comprises 2 or more candidate advertisements. 2 If this section applies, the election expenses of the election advertisement must be apportioned among the candidates in proportion to the coverage the advertisement provides to each candidate. 3 For the purposes of this section,— a election expenses of the election advertisement means the total of the election expenses of all of the candidate advertisements comprised in the election advertisement; and b the coverage provided by an election advertisement must be calculated in such a manner as is appropriate in relation to the form of the advertisement. 4 Only the expenses apportioned to a candidate in accordance with this section are election expenses of that candidate. 1993 No 87 s 205D (pre-1 January 2011) Section 205E : substituted , on 1 January 2011 , by section 8 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).