Electoral Act 2004

In this Part:

amount includes value.

associated entity means an entity that:

(a) is controlled by one or more registered parties; or

(b) operates wholly or to a significant extent for the benefit of one or more registered parties.

candidate, in an election, means a person:

(a) declared to be a candidate for the election under section 37; or

(b) who has been selected, or has won party endorsement, by a registered party to be a candidate in the election; or

(c) who has publicly announced that the person will be a candidate for the election; or

(d) who contested the last general election or an election since the last general election.

corporation has the same meaning as in section 57A of the

Corporations Act 2001.

credit card includes a debit card.

disposition of property means any conveyance, transfer, assignment, settlement, delivery, payment or other alienation of property, and includes:

(a) the allotment of shares in a corporation; and

(b) the creation of a trust in property; and

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

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

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

(f) any transaction entered into by any 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 another person.

entity means:

(a) an incorporated or unincorporated body; or

(b) the trustee of a trust.

financial controller, of an associated entity or a third party campaigner, means:

(a) if the entity or campaigner is a corporation – the secretary of the corporation; or

(b) if the entity or campaigner is the trustee of a trust – the trustee;

or

(c) otherwise

– the person responsible for keeping the financial records of the entity or campaigner.

loan means any of the following:

(a) an advance of money;

(b) a provision of credit or any other form of financial accommodation;

(c) a payment of an amount for, on account of, on behalf of or at the request of the receiver, if there is an express or implied obligation to repay the amount;

(d) a transaction (whatever its terms or form) that in substance effects a loan of money.

property includes money.

registered industrial organisation means an organisation registered under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) or the law of another State or Territory about the registration of industrial organisations or unions.

related bodies corporate has the same meaning as in section 50 of the

Corporations Act 2001.