Electoral Act 2004

(1) A

gift means any disposition of property made by a person to someone else without consideration in money or money's worth or with inadequate consideration, and includes providing a service for no consideration or for inadequate consideration, but does not include:

(a) a disposition of property by will; or

(b) an annual subscription paid to a registered party by a person for the person's membership of the party; or

(c) volunteer labour provided by a person that is:

(i) conducted outside the person's normal working hours or while the person is on leave; and

(ii) not remunerated.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a gift to a candidate does not include a gift:

(a) made in a private capacity to the candidate for the candidate's personal use; and

(b) that the candidate has not used, and will not use, solely or substantially for a purpose related to an election.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a gift to a third party campaigner only includes gifts that are:

(a) specified by the donor to be used for political expenditure; or

(b) reasonably believed by the campaigner to be intended by the donor to be used for political expenditure.

(4) For subsection (1), (2) or (3) the regulations may:

(a) prescribe matters relating to methods or processes for determining the value of a gift; and

(b) broaden or narrow the definition of gift.