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Electoral Disclosure and Funding Act 2023
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(1) If a reportable political donation is, during an election campaign period in relation to an election in respect of a division of the Assembly or the Council, received, or made, by or on behalf of –
(a) an Assembly Member who is an independent Assembly Member at the time at which the donation is received or made and who is a Member in relation to the division; or
(b) an Assembly candidate who is an independent Assembly candidate at the time at which the donation is received or made and who is a candidate in relation to the election; or
(c) a Council Member who is a Member in relation to the division; or
(d) a Council candidate who is a candidate in relation to the election –
the official agent in relation to the Member or candidate 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 41 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 1 of 2025, s. 7, Applied:01 Jul 2025] If a reportable political donation –
(a) is, within a monthly period, received, or made, by or on behalf of –
(i) an Assembly Member who is an independent Assembly Member at the time at which the donation is received or made; or
(ii) an Assembly candidate who is an independent Assembly candidate at the time at which the donation is received or made; or
(iii) a Council Member; or
(iv) a Council candidate; and
(b) is not received, or made, within an election campaign period –
(i) in relation to an election in respect of the division in relation to which the Member or candidate is a Member or candidate; and
(ii) all or part of which is within that monthly period –
the official agent in relation to the Member or candidate 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.