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Local Government Electoral Act 2011
sec.122Requirement to notify the public about disclosure obligations
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### sec.122 Requirement to notify the public about disclosure obligations
This section applies if any of the following persons are required, under this division, to give the electoral commission a return about a gift or loan—
the agent of a candidate in an election;
the agent of a group of candidates for an election;
the financial controller of an associated entity of a candidate in an election or a group of candidates for an election;
a third party for an election to whom section 118A applies for the election.
The person must take reasonable steps to notify the public that the person is required—
to give the return to the electoral commission; and
to state the relevant details for the gift or loan in the return.
publishing a notice on a website
including a notice in a brochure distributed in the local government area or division of a local government area for which a candidate has been nominated for election
Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.
A notification under subsection (2) must include a fair summary of the provisions under which the requirement arises.
s 122 amd 2014 No. 44 s 84 ; 2017 No. 12 s 21
sub 2019 No. 30 s 237 ; 2023 No. 8 s 40
(sec.122-ssec.1) This section applies if any of the following persons are required, under this division, to give the electoral commission a return about a gift or loan— the agent of a candidate in an election; the agent of a group of candidates for an election; the financial controller of an associated entity of a candidate in an election or a group of candidates for an election; a third party for an election to whom section 118A applies for the election.
(sec.122-ssec.2) The person must take reasonable steps to notify the public that the person is required— to give the return to the electoral commission; and to state the relevant details for the gift or loan in the return. publishing a notice on a website including a notice in a brochure distributed in the local government area or division of a local government area for which a candidate has been nominated for election Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.
(sec.122-ssec.3) A notification under subsection (2) must include a fair summary of the provisions under which the requirement arises.
- (a) the agent of a candidate in an election;
- (b) the agent of a group of candidates for an election;
- (c) the financial controller of an associated entity of a candidate in an election or a group of candidates for an election;
- (d) a third party for an election to whom section 118A applies for the election.
- (a) to give the return to the electoral commission; and
- (b) to state the relevant details for the gift or loan in the return.
- • publishing a notice on a website
- • including a notice in a brochure distributed in the local government area or division of a local government area for which a candidate has been nominated for election