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Electoral Act 2002
217MAnnual return by registered agent of a candidate, group or elected member
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217M Annual return by registered agent of a candidate, group or elected member
(1) The registered agent of a candidate, group or elected member must, within 16 weeks after the end of each financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2018, provide an annual return to the Commission that—
(b) sets out the following particulars of political donations received by the candidate, group or elected member during the financial year from a person or entity that when aggregated, are equal to or greater than the disclosure threshold under section 216(1)—
(i) the full name and address of the person or entity from whom the political donations were received;
(ii) the sum of the political donations received from that person or entity.
(2) The registered agent of a candidate, group or elected member is not required to provide an annual return under subsection (1) in respect of a financial year if the return would not include any particulars referred to in subsection (1)(b).
(3) For the purposes of calculating the sum of all amounts received from a person or entity during a financial year under subsection (1)(b)(ii), any amount that is a political donation made or received for Commonwealth electoral purposes and is not paid into a State campaign account of a person or entity is to be disregarded.
S. 217N inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 58.