Returns by registered political parties
130ZN Returns by registered political parties
Subject to this Division, the agent of each registered political party must, at the prescribed times, furnish to the Electoral Commissioner a
political party return, in respect of each prescribed period, in a form approved by the
Electoral Commissioner.
A political party return must set out—
the total amount received by, or on behalf of, the party during each prescribed period, which must include a statement of the total of amounts of $1 000 or less received by, or on behalf of, the party during the prescribed period and the number of persons from whom such amounts were received; and
the prescribed details in relation to each amount of more than $1 000 received by, or on behalf of, the party during each prescribed period; and
the total outstanding amount, as at the end of each prescribed period, of all debts incurred by, or on behalf of, the party, which must include a statement of the total amount of debts of $1 000 or less incurred by, or on behalf of, the party during the prescribed period and the number of persons to whom such debts are owed; and
the prescribed details in relation to each debt of more than $1 000 incurred by, or on behalf of, the party during each prescribed period.
A political party return must include a declaration endorsed in a manner determined by the Electoral Commissioner by the agent of the party stating that the party has not received any electoral donations in contravention of Division
6A during the prescribed period to which the return relates.
For the purposes of this section—
each of the following periods is a prescribed period in respect of a political party return:
if no previous political party return has been furnished to the
Electoral Commissioner under this Part—the period commencing on the day on which this Part first applied to the registered political party until 30 June or 31 December (whichever is the earlier);
from
30 days after polling day in a general election until the start of the designated period for the next general election—
each period from 1 January to 30 June; and
each period from 1 July to 31 December;
from the start of the designated period for the relevant general election until the expiration of 30 days after the relevant polling day—
the period commencing from the start of the designated period until
30 days after the start of the designated period; and
each period of 14 days from the end of the period referred to in subsubparagraph (A);
and
if the number of days from the end of the last period referred to in subsubparagraph (B) until the expiration of 30 days after the relevant polling day is less than 14 days—the period commencing from the end of the last prescribed period referred to in subsubparagraph (B) until the day falling 30 days after the relevant polling day;
and
the
prescribed times for furnishing a political party return in respect of a prescribed period are as follows:
for the prescribed periods referred to in subsection (3)(a)(i) and (ii)—within
30 days of the end of each prescribed period;
for the prescribed periods referred to in subsection (3)(a)(iii)—within
5 days of the end of each prescribed period.
For the purposes of this section, 2 or more amounts received by a registered political party from the same person during a financial year are to be treated as 1 amount received by the political party.
In this section—
prescribed details, of an amount received or debt incurred, means—
the value of the amount or debt; and
the date on which it was received or incurred; and
the name and address of the person from whom the amount was received or to whom the debt was incurred; and
any other details prescribed by the regulations.
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