Groups to lodge return of gifts received during disclosure period
175P Groups to lodge return of gifts received during disclosure period
Subject to subsection (3), the agent of a group in an election shall, within 12 weeks after polling day in the election, lodge a return with the Electoral Commissioner in an approved form setting out —
the total amount or value of all gifts; and
the number of persons who made gifts; and
subject to subsection (4), the relevant details of each gift,
received by the group during the disclosure period for the election.
For the purposes of subsection (1), the disclosure period for an election is the period that —
commenced when the persons who were included in the group made a claim under section 80(1) in relation to the election; and
ended 30 days after polling day in the election.
Where all the persons included in a group in an election are endorsed candidates of the same political party, a gift received by the group shall be taken to have been received by the party.
The return does not have to set out the relevant details of a gift if the amount or value of the gift is less than the specified amount.
[(5) deleted]
Note for this section:
Division 5 contains offences in relation to returns to be lodged under this section.
[Section 175P inserted: No. 75 of 1992 s. 4; amended: No. 30 of 2023 s. 134.]
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