216Disclosure of political donations

216 Disclosure of political donations

(1) A donor must provide to the Commission a disclosure return for each political donation made by the donor during a financial year that is equal to or exceeds $1000 (the disclosure threshold) within 21 days of the making of the political donation.

(2) A donor must provide to the Commission a disclosure return for each political donation made by the donor during a financial year that is less than the disclosure threshold, if—

(a) the political donations are made to the same registered political party, candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner; and

(b) the sum of the political donations made by the donor to that registered political party, candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner is equal to or exceeds the disclosure threshold.

(3) A disclosure return required by subsection (2) for a political donation made by a donor during a financial year to a registered political party, candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner must be provided as follows—

(a) within 21 days of the making of the first political donation during the financial year that has the result that the sum of the political donations made by the donor during that financial year to that registered political party, candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner is equal to or exceeds the disclosure threshold;

(b) within 21 days of the making of each subsequent donation by the donor to that registered political party, candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner during the financial year.

(4) If—

(a) a registered political party or a candidate at an election, a group, an elected member, a nominated entity an associated entity or a third party campaigner receives a political donation during a financial year; and

(b) the political donation is equal to or exceeds the disclosure threshold—

the registered officer of the registered political party, or the registered agent of the candidate, group, elected member, nominated entity, associated entity or third party campaigner, as the case requires, must provide to the Commission a disclosure return for the political donation within 21 days of receiving the political donation.

(5) A disclosure return must be in the form approved by the Commission, and must include the following details—

(a) the name of the donor;

(b) if the donor is an individual person, the residential address of the donor;