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Electoral Act 2004
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176 Definitions
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amount includes value.
associated entity means an entity that:
(a) is controlled by one or more registered parties; or
(b) operates wholly or to a significant extent for the benefit of one
or more registered parties.
candidate, in an election, means a person:
(a) declared to be a candidate for the election under section 37;
or
(b) who has been selected, or has won party endorsement, by a
registered party to be a candidate in the election; or
(c) who has publicly announced that the person will be a
candidate for the election; or
(d) who contested the last general election or an election since
the last general election.
corporation has the same meaning as in section 57A of the
Corporations Act 2001.
credit card includes a debit card.
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disposition of property means any conveyance, transfer,
assignment, settlement, delivery, payment or other alienation of
property, and includes:
(a) the allotment of shares in a corporation; and
(b) the creation of a trust in property; and
(c) the grant or creation of any lease, mortgage, charge,
servitude, licence, power, partnership or interest in property;
and
(d) the release, discharge, surrender, forfeiture or abandonment,
at law or in equity, of any debt, contract or chose in action, or
of any interest in property; and
(e) the exercise by a person of a general power of appointment of
property in favour of any other person; and
(f) any transaction entered into by any person with intent to
diminish, directly or indirectly, the value of the person's own
property and to increase the value of the property of another
entity means:
(a) an incorporated or unincorporated body; or
(b) the trustee of a trust.
financial controller, of an associated entity or a third party
campaigner, means:
(a) if the entity or campaigner is a corporation – the secretary of
the corporation; or
(b) if the entity or campaigner is the trustee of a trust – the
trustee; or
(c) otherwise – the person responsible for keeping the financial
records of the entity or campaigner.
loan means any of the following:
(a) an advance of money;
(b) a provision of credit or any other form of financial
accommodation;
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(c) a payment of an amount for, on account of, on behalf of or at
the request of the receiver, if there is an express or implied
obligation to repay the amount;
(d) a transaction (whatever its terms or form) that in substance
effects a loan of money.
property includes money.
registered industrial organisation means an organisation
registered under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) or the law
of another State or Territory about the registration of industrial
organisations or unions.
related bodies corporate has the same meaning as in section 50
of the Corporations Act 2001.