84Lodgment of candidate's Council election campaign return

84 Lodgment of candidate's Council election campaign return

(1)  Every Council candidate in relation to a Council election must complete, in relation to the election, a Council election campaign return which is to –

(a) be in an approved form; and

(b) include disclosures of –

(i) all Council election expenditure that has been paid by the candidate or paid on behalf of the candidate by the official agent in relation to the Council candidate; and

(ii) all disputed claims and all unpaid claims against the candidate in respect of any Council election expenditure; and

(c) be accompanied by any invoice, account or receipt in respect of each item of Council election expenditure that exceeds $20; and

(d) be lodged with the Commission within 60 days after the day on which the result of the Council election is declared.

(2)  A Council election campaign return, in relation to an election, that is lodged with the Commission by a Council candidate is to include –

(a) either –

(i) disclosures in relation to each reportable political donation that the official agent in relation to the candidate is required under Part 5 to disclose; or

(ii) a disclosure that no such reportable political donations were required under Part 5 to be disclosed by the official agent during the election campaign period in relation to the election; and

(b) disclosure of the total amount of political donations, during the election campaign period, that –

(i) are not reportable political donations; but

(ii) are political donations (including small contributions) that the official agent in relation to the candidate would have been required under Part 5 to disclose if the political donations were reportable political donations; and

(c) if there are no political donations, or electoral expenditure, that the official agent is required under this Part, or , to disclose – a disclosure to that effect.