50Extension of date for making disclosures

50 Extension of date for making disclosures

(1)  A party agent, or official agent, who –

(a) [Section 50 Subsection (1) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 11, Applied:01 Jul 2025] is required under this Part to make a disclosure in relation to a monthly period; but

(b) [Section 50 Subsection (1) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 11, Applied:01 Jul 2025] is unable to lodge, by the day (the due date) that is the final day of the subsequent monthly period, a complete donation declaration in relation to the disclosure –

may, before the due date, request the Commission to extend the due date for lodging the donation declaration.

(2)  [Section 50 Subsection (2) amended by No. 1 of 2025, s. 11, Applied:01 Jul 2025] The Commission may, if satisfied that there is good cause to do so, extend the due date for the lodging, by a particular party agent or official agent, of the donation declaration disclosure in relation to a monthly period, to a day that the Commission considers appropriate in the circumstances.

(3)  The due date for lodging a donation declaration under this Part cannot be extended by more than 30 days in total.

(4)  The Commission may, as a condition of extending the due date for the lodging, by a particular party agent or official agent, of the donation declaration, require the party agent or official agent to lodge a donation declaration containing disclosures under this Part that the agent is able to make at a time specified by the Commission.

(5)  If the Commission extends the due date for the lodging by a party agent, or official agent, of a donation declaration in relation to a disclosure, the day by which, under this Part, the disclosure is required to be made by the agent is to be taken to be the due date for lodgment as so extended.