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Volume 63, No. 13

170/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 14, 2020

B.C. Reg. 170/2020 , deposited July 7, 2020, under the ELECTION ACT [section 283]. Regulation of the Chief Electoral Officer, dated July 7, 2020.

Under the authority of

section 283 of the Election Act , after consultation with the Election Advisory Committee under that Act, the Chief

Electoral Officer orders that

(

a) the Election Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 371/95, is repealed, and

(

b) the attached Election Financing Regulation is made.

— A. BOEGMAN, Chief Electoral Officer .

ELECTION FINANCING REGULATION

Contents

Definition

Additional information to be included in candidate election financing reports

Classes of election expenses incurred by candidate

Additional information to be included in registered political party electio financing reports

Classes of election expenses of registered political party

Additional information to be included in registered constituency association election financing reports

Election expenses not to be included for election expenses limit

Election expenses not to be reimbursed

Definition

1 In this regulation, "Act" means the Election Act .

Additional information to be included in candidate election financing reports

2 For the purposes of

section 209 (2) (

l) of the Act, an election financing report

for a candidate must include the following information:

(

a) the name of the political party the candidate represents, if applicable;

(

b) the name of the electoral district in which the election was held;

(

c) for each fundraising function held by or on behalf of the candidate, details

about income not reported as political contributions, including the number of tickets

sold and the charge per ticket.

Classes of election expenses incurred by candidate

3 For the purposes of

section 209 (3) of the Act, the election expenses incurred by

a candidate must be reported according to the following classes:

(

a) accounting and audit services;

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person, by telephone or by mobile device;

(ii) newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty

items;

(iv) radio;

(

v) search engine marketing and optimization;

(vi) signs;

(viii) television;

(ix) website displays;

(

x) other forms of advertising;

(

c) bank charges;

(

d) conventions, workshops and meetings;

(

e) donations and gifts;

(

f) excess nomination contestant expenses referred to in

section 183 (5) of the

Act;

(

g) fundraising functions;

(

h) furniture and equipment;

(

i) interest expense;

(

j) net losses arising from fundraising functions;

(

k) the nomination deposit for the candidate;

(

l) office rent, utilities, insurance and maintenance;

(

m) office supplies and stationery;

(

n) personal election expenses paid by the candidate;

(

o) personal election expenses paid or reimbursed from the account referred to

section 177 (2) (

b) of the Act for the candidate;

(

p) postage and courier;

(

q) professional services;

(

r) research and data, including election surveys and polls;

(

s) salaries and benefits;

(

t) social functions;

(

u) subscriptions and dues;

(

v) telecommunications and information technology;

(

w) transfers, referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act, made by the candidate;

(

x) travel;

(

y) other election expenses.

Additional information to be included in registered political party election financing

reports

4 For the purposes of

section 210 (2) (

h) of the Act, an election financing report

for a registered political party must include the following information:

(

a) for each fundraising function held by or on behalf of the registered political

party, details about income not reported as political contributions, including the

number of tickets sold and the charge per ticket;

(

b) details about any income received and any expenditures made or incurred by

the registered political party in relation to the election, if these are not otherwise

disclosed in the report.

Classes of election expenses of registered political party

5 For the purposes of

section 210 (3) of the Act, the election expenses of a registered

political party must be reported according to the following classes:

(

a) accounting and audit services;

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person, by telephone or by mobile device;

(ii) newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty

items;

(iv) radio;

(

v) search engine marketing and optimization;

(vi) signs;

(viii) television;

(ix) website displays;

(

x) other forms of advertising;

(

c) bank charges;

(

d) conventions, workshops and meetings;

(

e) donations and gifts;

(

f) fundraising functions;

(

g) furniture and equipment;

(

h) interest expense;

(

i) net losses arising from fundraising functions;

(

j) office rent, utilities, insurance and maintenance;

(

k) office supplies and stationery;

(

l) postage and courier;

(

m) professional services;

(

n) research and data, including election surveys and polls;

(

o) salaries and benefits;

(

p) social functions;

(

q) subscriptions and dues;

(

r) telecommunications and information technology;

(

s) transfers, referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act, made by the registered

political party;

(

t) travel;

(

u) other election expenses.

Additional information to be included in registered constituency association election

financing reports

6 For the purposes of

section 210 (2) (

h) of the Act, an election financing report

for a registered constituency association must include, for each fundraising function

held by or on behalf of the registered constituency association, details about income

not reported as political contributions, including the number of tickets sold and

the charge per ticket.

Election expenses not to be included for election expenses limit

(1) In this section, "security services" means the services of

(

a) conducting, supervising or inspecting a guard patrol or watch of property

or persons, or

(

b) responding to a security alarm.

(2) For the purposes of

section 203 (1) (

i) of the Act, the following expenses

are not to be included as election expenses for the purpose of determining whether

an organization or individual has complied with an election expenses limit:

(

a) transfers referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act;

(

b) the cost of any communications that a candidate representing a registered

political party in an election sends exclusively to members of the political party

or members of a registered constituency association for the political party;

(

c) the cost of any communications that an independent candidate sends exclusively

to members of a registered constituency association referred to in

section 166 (4)

[automatic deregistration of constituency associations] of the Act for the individual;

(

d) the portion of transportation costs and costs for food, refreshments and communications

equipment for which a political party or candidate is reimbursed by media representatives

accompanying election tours;

(

e) the cost of security services, if the individuals engaged in providing the

services do not, while providing those services,

(

i) carry or wear flags, badges or any other thing indicating that the individual

promotes or opposes a particular candidate or registered political party, or

(ii) engage in any campaigning, including engaging in discussions of a partisan

nature,

(

A) to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the election of a candidate,

(

B) to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, a registered political party.

Election expenses not to be reimbursed

8 For the purposes of

section 215.04 (2) (

d) of the Act, the following classes of election

expenses must not be reimbursed:

(

a) donations and gifts;

(

b) expenses incurred exclusively for the day-to-day administration of a registered

political party or a registered constituency association;

(

c) fundraising activities, including fundraising functions;

(

d) intoxicants, including alcohol and cannabis;

(

e) salaries and benefits of candidates.

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