Electoral Disclosure and Funding Act 2023
46Details, of reportable political donations, that are required to be disclosed
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46 Details, of reportable political donations, that are required to be disclosed
(1) Disclosure of reportable political donations received, or made, during a relevant disclosure period is to include disclosure of the following details of each such donation:
(a) the registered party, Member, or candidate, to, or for whose benefit, the donation was made (or, if the case requires, the third-party campaigner or associated entity to whom the donation was made);
(b) the date on which the donation was received or made;
(c) the name of the donor;
(d) the residential address of the donor (in the case of a natural person or an unincorporated body of persons) or the address of the registered or other official office of the donor (in the case of a person who is an incorporated body of persons);
(e) the amount of the donation;
(f) in the case of a donor that is not a natural person – the relevant business number, if any, of the donor;
(g) in relation to the disclosure of a political donation that is a reportable political donation by operation of the provisions of section 13 other than section 13(1) – details that separately identify that political donation and the earlier political donation, or political donations, with which it is aggregated.
(2) Disclosure of reportable political donations received, or made, during a relevant disclosure period is to include disclosure of the following information in relation to any reportable loan under section 28 :
(a) the amount of the loan;
(b) the name and address of the person making the loan;
(c) the terms and conditions of the loan;
(d) the total loan repayments made under the loan during the relevant disclosure period.
(3) Details of a political donation may be disclosed under this Part even if they are not required to be disclosed under this section.