7Acknowledgement book

7 Acknowledgement book

(1)  An acknowledgement book required to be kept by a party agent or official agent must contain forms of acknowledgement that are –

(a) in an approved format that include the following information:

(i) the value of the gift that is a political donation for which the acknowledgement is issued;

(ii) the date on which the gift was made;

(iii) a description of the gift;

(iv) the purpose of the gift; and

(b) in triplicate; and

(c) machine-numbered serially.

(2)  A party agent, or an official agent, who is required to keep an acknowledgement book must ensure that an acknowledgement is issued from the acknowledgement book in respect of each gift of a political donation made to the party agent, or official agent, during the relevant disclosure period.

(3)  An acknowledgement issued under subregulation (2) is to be –

(a) completed in ink or indelible pencil; and

(b) signed by the party agent or official agent who received the gift to which the acknowledgement relates.

(4)  Carbon impressions of an acknowledgement issued under subregulation (2) are to be made on the duplicate and triplicate of the acknowledgement.

(5)  If an acknowledgement is issued under subregulation (2)  –

(a) the duplicate of the acknowledgement must be retained by the party agent or the official agent who received the gift to which the acknowledgement relates; and

(b) the triplicate of the acknowledgement is to remain in the acknowledgement book.

(6)  An acknowledgement issued under subregulation (2) may be cancelled –

(a) by writing the word “CANCELLED” across the face of all 3 copies of the acknowledgement; and