Electoral Act 1992

A person must not pay an amount into the State campaign account of a registered political party or candidate if the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, the amount is not an amount that may be paid into the account under subsection (2).Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

An amount may be paid into the State campaign account of a registered political party or candidate if the amount is—

an amount of election funding paid to the party or candidate under division 4; or

a political donation of money made to, or for the benefit of, the party or candidate, other than a political donation made or received in contravention of division 6 or 8; or

an amount received for the disposal of a political donation of property, other than a political donation made or received in contravention of division 6; or

for the State campaign account of a candidate—an amount contributed by the candidate from the candidate’s own funds or funds held jointly with the candidate’s spouse; or

the amount of a loan to the party or candidate, other than a loan received in contravention of division 8, subdivision 3; or

an amount that is a return on an investment, or an amount redeemed from an investment, made by the party or candidate if the amount invested was paid from the account; orNote—See section 218 for the requirement to pay amounts relating to an investment into a State campaign account.

an amount received by the party or candidate—

as a disposition of money by will; or

for the disposal of other property received by the recipient as a disposition by will; or

a fundraising contribution, other than to the extent the contribution or amount is a gift mentioned in section 201(2)(d); or

for the State campaign account of a registered political party—

an amount of $500 or less, in total, paid by a person during a calendar year for—

the person’s subscription for membership of the party payable during that year; or

the person’s affiliation with the party payable during that year, other than to the extent the amount is paid under a sponsorship arrangement; or

an amount paid to the party as a compulsory levy imposed on elected members under the party’s constitution; or

if the party or candidate kept a State campaign account for another election and the amounts paid into that account complied with this section—an amount paid from the other State campaign account.

A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person or another person, on becoming aware an amount was paid into a State campaign account in contravention of that subsection, takes all reasonable steps to ensure the amount is withdrawn from the account within 5 business days after becoming aware.

In this section—disposition, by will, see the Succession Act 1981, section 5.