Electoral Funding Act 2018
142Offences relating to assisting others lodging claims or disclosures
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142 Offences relating to assisting others lodging claims or disclosures
142 Offences relating to assisting others lodging claims or disclosures
(1) An official agent or party agent must, in relation to a matter permitted or required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the official agent or party agent, use his or her best endeavours to ensure that the statements in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the agent are not false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) A member of a group must, in relation to a matter permitted or required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the member on behalf of the group, use his or her best endeavours to ensure that the statements in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the member are not false or misleading in a material particular.
(3) An elected member, member of a group or candidate must not, in relation to a matter required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by a party agent, give or withhold information to or from the party agent knowing that it will result in the making of a false statement in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the party agent.
(4) An associated entity or third-party campaigner must not, in relation to a matter required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the official agent of the associated entity or third-party campaigner, give or withhold information to or from the official agent knowing that it will result in the making of a false statement in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the official agent.
(5) A candidate must not, in relation to any matter to be included in a claim for a payment under Part 4 (Public funding of State election campaigns) or Part 5 (Administrative and New Party policy development funding), give or withhold information to or from the party agent of the candidate knowing that it will result in the making of a false or misleading claim by the party agent.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.