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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.