Annual returns relating to political expenditure
130ZR Annual returns relating to political expenditure
A person must provide a return for a financial year in accordance with this section if—
the person incurred political expenditure during the year, by or with his or her own authority; and
the amount of the expenditure was more than $5 000; and
at the time that the person gave the authority the person was not—
the
Crown (including a public sector agency (within the meaning of the
Public
Sector Act 2009));
or
a member of the House of Assembly or Legislative Council.
The person must provide to the Electoral Commissioner a return for the financial year setting out the details of the expenditure incurred.
The agent of a third party required to provide a return under this section must set out in the return whether any political expenditure was incurred under an agreement or arrangement with a person to whom
Division 6 applies, and, if so, details of the expenditure.
However, nothing in this section requires the disclosure of any details required to be furnished in an expenditure return under section 130ZQ.
The return must—
be provided before the end of 12 weeks after the end of the financial year; and
be in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner.
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