40Registered parties and their Members and candidates

40 Registered parties and their Members and candidates

(1)  If a reportable political donation is, during an election campaign period in relation to an Assembly election, received, or made, by or on behalf of –

(a) a registered party; or

(b) an Assembly Member who is, at the time at which the donation is received or made, endorsed by a registered party; or

(c) an Assembly candidate who is, at the time at which the donation is received or made, endorsed by a registered party –

the party agent in relation to the registered party is required to disclose the donation in a donation declaration that is lodged under section 49 within 7 days after the day on which the political donation is received or made.

(2)  [Section 40 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 1 of 2025, s. 6, Applied:01 Jul 2025] If a reportable political donation –

(a) is, within a monthly period, received, or made, by or on behalf of –

(i) a registered party; or

(ii) an Assembly Member who is, at the time at which the donation is received or made, endorsed by a registered party; or

(iii) an Assembly candidate who is, at the time at which the donation is received or made, endorsed by a registered party; and

(b) is not received, or made, within an election campaign period, in relation to an election, all or part of which is within that monthly period –

the party agent in relation to the registered party is required to disclose the donation in a donation declaration that is lodged under section 49 within the monthly period after the monthly period in which the political donation was received or made.