Electoral Act 1992

This section applies if an auditor is appointed under section 319A to conduct an audit of a participant in an election.

The election participant must give the auditor the assistance the auditor reasonably requires to conduct the audit.Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

Without limiting subsection (2), the election participant must give the auditor—

full and free access, at all reasonable times, to all accounts, records and documents reasonably required by the auditor that—

are owned by, or in the custody or under the control of, the election participant; and

relate, directly or indirectly, to a matter being audited; and

other information, or an explanation, the auditor reasonably requires about a matter being audited.

For subsection (3), a matter being audited includes—

for an audit about a claim for election funding under division 4—a matter required to be stated in the claim; or

for an audit about a return given under division 7, 10 or 11—a matter required to be stated in the return; or

for an audit of a State campaign account—a transaction on the State campaign account carried out, or required to be carried out, under this part.

In this section—reasonably requires means requires on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.