Electoral Act 1992

If, during the disclosure period for an election, a candidate in the election receives a loan of an amount equal to or more than the gift threshold amount, the candidate’s agent must give the commission a return about the loan.

The return must—

be in the approved form; and

state the following—

the date on which the loan was made;

the relevant particulars of the entity that made the loan;

the terms and conditions of the loan;

if the entity is not the source of the loan—the relevant particulars of the entity that is the source of the loan;

whether or not the loan is a political donation; and

be given to the commission by the day, or the time, not more than 15 weeks after the polling day for the election, prescribed by a regulation.

Also, the agent of a candidate in an election must, within 15 weeks after the polling day for the election, give the commission a return, in the approved form, stating—

if the candidate received loans during the disclosure period for the election—

the total value of all loans received by the candidate during the disclosure period; and

the number of entities that made the loans; or

otherwise—that no loans of a kind required to be disclosed were received.

For subsection (1), 2 or more loans made, during the disclosure period for an election, by the same entity to a particular candidate are taken to be 1 loan.