85Extension of time for lodging Council election campaign return

85 Extension of time for lodging Council election campaign return

(1)  A Council candidate who –

(a) is required under this Part to lodge a Council election campaign return in relation to an election; but

(b) is unable to lodge a complete Council election campaign return by the day (the due date) that is 60 days after the day on which the result of the Council election is declared –

may, before the due date, request the Commission to extend the due date for lodging the Council election campaign return.

(2)  The Commission may, if satisfied that there is good cause to do so, extend the due date for the lodging, by a particular Council candidate, of the Council election campaign return to a day that the Commission considers appropriate in the circumstances.

(3)  The due date for lodging a Council election campaign return under this Part cannot be extended under this section by more than 30 days.

(4)  The Commission may, as a condition of extending the due date for the lodging, by a Council candidate, of a Council election campaign return, require the Council candidate to lodge a Council election campaign return containing disclosures that the Council candidate is able to make at a time specified by the Commission.

(5)  If the Commission extends the due date for the lodging, by a Council candidate, of a Council election campaign return, the day by which, under this Act, the return is required to be lodged by the Council candidate is to be taken to be the due date for lodgment as so extended.