Requirement to keep State campaign account
215 Requirement to keep State campaign account
The agent of a participant in an election must take all reasonable steps to ensure the participant keeps a separate bank account for the election until each obligation mentioned in subsection (2) that applies to the participant or the participant’s agent for the election ends.Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
For subsection (1), the obligations are each obligation under this part that relates to—
a political donation made during a donation cap period for the election; or
electoral expenditure incurred by the election participant; or
repayment of a loan that is paid into the participant’s State campaign account; or
if a political donation of property other than money is made during a donation cap period for the election—the disposal of the property.
The bank account mentioned in subsection (1) is the election participant’s State campaign account.
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