Electoral Funding Act 2018

The Electoral Commission may audit a declaration of disclosures under this Part (other than a declaration lodged by a major political donor).

A party, party agent, official agent, elected member, group, candidate, third-party campaigner or associated entity must assist the Electoral Commission by—

giving the Electoral Commission full and free access at all reasonable times to all accounts and documents of the person responsible for lodging the declaration and of the party, party agent, official agent, elected member, group, candidate, third-party campaigner or associated entity (as the case requires) relating directly or indirectly to any matter required to be disclosed under this Part, and

giving the Electoral Commission all information and explanations that the Electoral Commission reasonably asks for with respect to any matter required to be set out in the declaration.

The Electoral Commission may appoint a person, who the Electoral Commission is satisfied has sufficient skills and experience, to audit declarations of disclosures on its behalf.

For the purposes of subsection (3), the auditor has and may exercise the same functions as the Electoral Commission has under this section in relation to an audit of a declaration of disclosures.

An audit under this section is to be conducted in the manner specified in the regulations (if any).