Duties of senior office holders of registered parties to report alleged contraventions of this Act
100 Duties of senior office holders of registered parties to report alleged contraventions of this Act
A senior office holder of a registered party who fails, without reasonable excuse, to report to the Electoral Commission any conduct in connection with the party that the office holder knows or reasonably believes constitutes a contravention of this Act is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
Without limiting subsection (1), it is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to report conduct under that subsection if the person knows or reasonably believes a report of the conduct has already been made to the Electoral Commission.
A report made to the Electoral Commission under subsection (1) must be in writing.
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