Electoral Act 1992

This section applies to a third party that makes, during the disclosure period for an election, a gift to a candidate in the election.

The third party must, by the day prescribed by a regulation, give the commission a return, in the approved form, stating the required details of the gift.

However, subsection (2) applies only if the value of the gift is equal to or more than the gift threshold amount.

Subsection (5) applies to the third party if—

the third party makes, during the disclosure period for the election, more than 1 gift to the candidate; and

the total value of the gifts made by the third party to the candidate during the disclosure period is equal to or more than the gift threshold amount; and

a return has not been given under subsection (2) for each of the gifts.

The third party must, by the day prescribed by a regulation, give the commission a return, in the approved form, stating the required details of each gift.

For subsections (2) and (5), the day prescribed must be no more than 15 weeks after the polling day for the election to which the return relates.

This section applies to a third party even if, at the time the third party made the gift, the third party was outside Queensland.

For this section—

if a third party makes a gift to an entity with the intention of benefiting a particular candidate, the third party is taken to have made the gift directly to the candidate; and

the required details of a gift are—

the value of the gift; and

the date on which the gift was made; and

the relevant particulars of the entity that made the gift; and

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

whether or not the gift is a political donation.

As soon as practicable after receiving a gift requiring a return to be given under this section, a candidate must give the third party who gave the gift notice that the third party is required to give a return under this section.Maximum penalty for subsection (9)—20 penalty units.