ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 130ZR
ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 130ZR
130ZR—Annual returns relating to political expenditure
(1) A person must
provide a return for a financial year in accordance with this section
if—
(a) the
person incurred political expenditure during the year, by or with his or her
own authority; and
(b) the
amount of the expenditure was—
(i)
in the case of a third party—more than $10 000
(indexed); or
(ii)
in any other case—more than $5 000 (indexed);
and
(c) at
the time that the person gave the authority the person was not—
(i)
the Crown (including a public sector agency (within the
meaning of the Public Sector Act 2009 )); or
(ii)
a member of the House of Assembly or Legislative Council.
(2) The person must
provide to the Electoral Commissioner a return for the financial year setting
out the details of the expenditure incurred.
(3) 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.
(4) However, nothing
in this section requires the disclosure of any details required to be
furnished in an expenditure return under section 130ZQ.
(5) The return
must—
(a) be
provided before the end of 12 weeks after the end of the financial year;
and
(b) be
in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner.