Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A Member shall
disclose in a primary return and an annual return the name and address of each
person to whom the Member was liable to pay any debt —
(a) in
the case of a primary return, on the day on which he is sworn in; or
(b) in
the case of an annual return, at any time during the return period.
(2) A liability to pay
a debt shall be disclosed by a Member in a primary return and an annual return
whether or not the amount, or any part of the amount, to be paid was due and
payable on the day on which he was sworn in or at any time during the return
period, as the case may be.
(3) A liability to pay
a debt need not be disclosed by a Member in a primary return or an annual
return if —
(a) the
amount to be paid did not exceed $500 on the day on which he was sworn in or
at any time during the return period, as the case may be,
unless —
(i)
the debt was one of 2 or more debts which the Member was
liable to pay to one person on the day on which he was sworn in or at any time
during the return period, as the case may be; and
(ii)
the amounts to be paid exceeded in the aggregate $500;
(b) the
Member was liable to pay the debt to a relative;
(c) in
the case of a debt arising from a loan of money, the Member was liable to pay
the debt to an ADI (authorised deposit-taking institution) as defined in
section 5 of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth or other
person whose ordinary business includes the lending of money and the loan was
made in the ordinary course of business of the lender; or
(d) in
the case of a debt arising from the supply of goods or
services —
(i)
the goods or services were supplied in the period of
18 months immediately preceding the day on which he was sworn in or were
supplied during the return period, as the case may be; or
(ii)
the goods or services were supplied in the ordinary
course of any trade, profession or vocation of the Member which is not related
to his duties as a Member.
(4) In this section
debt means a debt arising from —
(a) a
loan of money; or
(b) the
supply of goods or services.
[Section 13 amended by No. 26 of 1999
s. 93(3).]