(i) by a person (the donor), within a financial year or an election campaign period in relation to an election; and
(ii) to, or for the benefit of, a person (the gift recipient) who is an independent Assembly Member, Council Member, independent Assembly candidate or Council candidate; and
(b) [Section 13 Subsection (2) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025] after the first donation is made, one or more other political donations (the other donations) of less than $1 000 are made by the same donor, to or for the benefit of the same gift recipient, and within the same financial year, or the same election campaign period, respectively; and
the first donation and the other donations are taken to be reportable political donations made by the donor, to the gift recipient, on the first day on which the combined amount of the first donation and the other donations is $1 000 or more, except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(3) If –
[Section 13 Subsection (3) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025]
(i) by a person (the donor), within a financial year or an election campaign period in relation to an election; and
(ii) to, or for the benefit of, a person (the gift recipient) who is a registered party, an Assembly Member who is endorsed by that registered party or an Assembly candidate who is endorsed by that registered party; and
(b) [Section 13 Subsection (3) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025] after the first donation is made, one or more other political donations (the other donations) of less than $1 000 are made by the same donor, to or for the benefit of the same gift recipient and within the same financial year, or the same election campaign period, respectively; and
the first donation and the other donations are taken to be reportable political donations made by the donor, to or for the benefit of the same gift recipient, on the first day on which the combined amount of the first donation and the other donations is $1 000 or more, except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(i) by a person (the donor), within a financial year or an election campaign period in relation to an election; and
(ii) to, or for the benefit of, a registered party, an Assembly Member who is endorsed by that registered party or an Assembly candidate who is endorsed by that registered party; and
(ii) are made to or for the benefit of the same registered party, any Assembly Member who is endorsed by that registered party or any Assembly candidate who is endorsed by that registered party; and
(iii) are made within the same financial year or the same election campaign period, respectively; and
the first donation and the other donations are taken to be reportable political donations made by the donor, to or for the benefit of that registered party, on the first day on which the combined amount of the first donation and the other donations is $1 000 or more, except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(b) [Section 13 Subsection (5) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025] after the first donation is made, one or more other political donations (the other donations) of less than $1 000 are made by the same donor, to or for the benefit of the same associated entity and within the same financial year or the same election campaign period, respectively; and
the first donation and the other donations are taken to be reportable political donations made by the donor, to or for the benefit of the associated entity, on the first day on which the combined amount of the first donation and the other donations is $1 000 or more, except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(b) the gift recipient is, or becomes, a third-party campaigner in relation to the election; and
(c) [Section 13 Subsection (6) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025] after the first donation is received by the gift recipient, one or more other political donations (the other donations) of less than $1 000 are made by the same donor, to the same gift recipient and within the same election campaign period; and
the first donation and the other donations are taken to be reportable political donations made by the donor, to or for the benefit of the gift recipient, on whichever of the following days occurs last:
(f) the day on which the gift recipient becomes a third-party campaigner –
except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(7) If –
(a) [Section 13 Subsection (7) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2025] a political donation (the first donation) of less than $1 000 is made by a person (the donor), within a financial year or an election campaign period in relation to an election, to a person (the gift recipient) who is a registered party, Member, candidate or associated entity or a third-party campaigner in relation to the election; and
(b) the donor is, or becomes, a significant political donor; and
the first donation and the other donations to the gift recipient, are taken to be reportable political donations made by the significant political donor to or for the benefit of the gift recipient on whichever of the following days occurs last:
(f) the day on which the donor becomes a significant political donor –
except that any of the other donations that is made after that first day is not taken to be part of that combined amount.
(8) For the purposes of a calculation under this section, a political donation made to or for the benefit of a person who is a Member is, if the person becomes a candidate, taken to have been a donation to or for the benefit of the candidate.