Electoral Act 1992

This section applies if a political entity receives a gift in the relevant period.

The financial representative of the entity must record the following information for the gift:

the day the gift is received;

the amount of the gift;

for a gift other than an anonymous gift—the defined details for the gift;

for an anonymous gift—that the gift is an anonymous gift.

In this section:

a non‑party MLA; or

a party grouping; or

a non-party candidate grouping; or

a non‑party prospective candidate grouping; or

an associated entity.

A gift received by or on behalf of a party candidate is taken to be received by the party (see s 200).

for a party grouping, non-party MLA or associated entity—a financial year; and

for a non-party candidate grouping or non-party prospective candidate grouping—the period—

if the candidate was a candidate at an election the polling day for which was within 5 years before polling day for the election at which the candidate is a candidate—starting on the 31st day after the polling day for the last election at which the candidate was a candidate; and

in any other case—starting on the earlier of—

the day when the candidate publicly announced that they would be a candidate in the election; and

the day when the candidate was nominated as a candidate for the election in accordance with section 105; and

ending on the 30th day after polling day for the election.