Electoral Funding Act 2018

It is unlawful for an associated entity to make payments for electoral expenditure incurred during a capped expenditure period, or to accept political donations for the purposes of incurring that expenditure, unless—

the associated entity is registered under this Act in the Register of Associated Entities, and

the associated entity has an official agent, and

the payments are made by, and the donations are made to, that agent.

It is unlawful for an associated entity to make payments for any such electoral expenditure, or to use political donations for any such purpose, unless—

the payments for that expenditure are made by the official agent of the associated entity from a campaign account of the associated entity kept in accordance with this Division, and

the donations were paid by the official agent into the campaign account of the associated entity kept in accordance with this Division.

Subject to the regulations, a person may be appointed in writing by the official agent of an associated entity to make payments for electoral expenditure from a campaign account by the official agent or to accept political donations to be made to the official agent, or both.

The regulations may prescribe amounts of a kind that must not be paid into the campaign account of an associated entity.