174Compliance agreements

174 Compliance agreements

(1)  The Commission may enter into a written agreement (a compliance agreement), with any person affected by this Act, for the purpose of ensuring that the person complies with this Act or remedies an apparent contravention of this Act.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a person affected by this Act includes a party, a Member, a candidate, a third-party campaigner and an associated entity.

(3)  A compliance agreement may specify the measures to be taken by the person affected by this Act to ensure that the person complies with this Act or remedies an apparent contravention of this Act.

(4)  A compliance agreement may be varied or terminated by further agreement between the parties.

(5)  The Supreme Court may, on application by the Commission, make a declaration that a person has contravened a compliance agreement, and may make ancillary orders to enforce the compliance agreement.

(6)  This section does not affect proceedings for an offence in relation to a contravention of this Act.