Electoral Act 1992

For this part, each of the following is a gift:

a disposition of property made by a person to another person without consideration in money or money’s worth or with inadequate consideration;

the provision of a service (other than volunteer labour) for no consideration or inadequate consideration.

For this part, if an annual subscription paid to a party by a person for the person’s membership of the party is more than $250—the amount of the subscription that is more than $250 is a gift.

However, for this part, none of the following is a gift:

a disposition of property under a will;

an annual subscription for membership of a party of $250 or less;

if an annual subscription for membership of a party is more than $250—the first $250 of the subscription;

a gift mentioned in subsection (1) if—

the gift is given to an individual in a private capacity for the individual’s personal use; and

the individual does not use the gift solely or substantially for a purpose related to an election;

a payment under division 14.3 (Election funding) or division 14.3A (Administrative expenditure funding).

In this section:

the allotment of shares in a company; and

the creation of a trust in property; and

the grant or creation of any lease, mortgage, charge, servitude, licence, power, partnership or interest in property; and

the release, discharge, surrender, forfeiture or abandonment (at law or in equity) of any debt, contract or thing in action or of any interest in property; and

the exercise by a person of a general power of appointment of property in favour of any other person; and

a transaction entered into by a person with intent to diminish (directly or indirectly) the value of the person’s own property and to increase the value of the property of any other person.

for a member of a party—a member of a party provides volunteer labour to the party if the person provides a service to the party for no consideration or for inadequate consideration; or

in any other case—a person provides volunteer labour to someone else (the recipient) if the person provides a service to the recipient for no consideration or for inadequate consideration, other than a service for which the person usually charges a fee.