sec.127BANotice of dedicated account

### sec.127BA Notice of dedicated account This section applies if— an entity becomes a participant in an election, including because any of the following events happen— a registered political party endorses a candidate in the election; a person becomes a candidate in the election; a third party is registered for the election; a third party incurs electoral expenditure for the election to the extent the third party is required, under section 127D , to be registered for the election; or 2 or more candidates become a group of candidates under section 42 (3) . The agent of the participant must give the electoral commission a notice, in the approved form, about the participant’s dedicated account for the election within 5 business days after the event happens, unless the agent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. If a required detail of a participant’s dedicated account changes, the agent of the participant must give the electoral commission a notice about the change, in the approved form, within 5 business days after the change happens, unless the agent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. However, the agent of a candidate need not comply with subsection (2) in relation to an election if— notice of the candidate’s dedicated account for a previous election was given under this section; and the same account is the candidate’s dedicated account for the election to which subsection (2) applies; and none of the required details of the account have changed since the notice was given. Also, the agent of a candidate or group of candidates need not comply with subsection (2) if— for the agent of a candidate— the candidate becomes a participant because the candidate’s nomination as a candidate for the election was certified by the returning officer under section 27 (3) (a) ; and the candidate’s nomination included information about the candidate’s dedicated account; or for the agent of a group of candidates—the notice of the membership of the group given under section 42 included information about the group’s dedicated account. In this section— required detail , of a dedicated account, means a detail about the account required to be stated in the approved form mentioned in subsection (2) . s 127BA ins 2023 No. 8 s 46 (sec.127BA-ssec.1) This section applies if— an entity becomes a participant in an election, including because any of the following events happen— a registered political party endorses a candidate in the election; a person becomes a candidate in the election; a third party is registered for the election; a third party incurs electoral expenditure for the election to the extent the third party is required, under section 127D , to be registered for the election; or 2 or more candidates become a group of candidates under section 42 (3) . (sec.127BA-ssec.2) The agent of the participant must give the electoral commission a notice, in the approved form, about the participant’s dedicated account for the election within 5 business days after the event happens, unless the agent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.127BA-ssec.3) If a required detail of a participant’s dedicated account changes, the agent of the participant must give the electoral commission a notice about the change, in the approved form, within 5 business days after the change happens, unless the agent has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.127BA-ssec.4) However, the agent of a candidate need not comply with subsection (2) in relation to an election if— notice of the candidate’s dedicated account for a previous election was given under this section; and the same account is the candidate’s dedicated account for the election to which subsection (2) applies; and none of the required details of the account have changed since the notice was given. (sec.127BA-ssec.5) Also, the agent of a candidate or group of candidates need not comply with subsection (2) if— for the agent of a candidate— the candidate becomes a participant because the candidate’s nomination as a candidate for the election was certified by the returning officer under section 27 (3) (a) ; and the candidate’s nomination included information about the candidate’s dedicated account; or for the agent of a group of candidates—the notice of the membership of the group given under section 42 included information about the group’s dedicated account. (sec.127BA-ssec.6) In this section— required detail , of a dedicated account, means a detail about the account required to be stated in the approved form mentioned in subsection (2) . - (a) an entity becomes a participant in an election, including because any of the following events happen— (i) a registered political party endorses a candidate in the election; (ii) a person becomes a candidate in the election; (iii) a third party is registered for the election; (iv) a third party incurs electoral expenditure for the election to the extent the third party is required, under section 127D , to be registered for the election; or - (i) a registered political party endorses a candidate in the election; - (ii) a person becomes a candidate in the election; - (iii) a third party is registered for the election; - (iv) a third party incurs electoral expenditure for the election to the extent the third party is required, under section 127D , to be registered for the election; or - (b) 2 or more candidates become a group of candidates under section 42 (3) . - (i) a registered political party endorses a candidate in the election; - (ii) a person becomes a candidate in the election; - (iii) a third party is registered for the election; - (iv) a third party incurs electoral expenditure for the election to the extent the third party is required, under section 127D , to be registered for the election; or - (a) notice of the candidate’s dedicated account for a previous election was given under this section; and - (b) the same account is the candidate’s dedicated account for the election to which subsection (2) applies; and - (c) none of the required details of the account have changed since the notice was given. - (a) for the agent of a candidate— (i) the candidate becomes a participant because the candidate’s nomination as a candidate for the election was certified by the returning officer under section 27 (3) (a) ; and (ii) the candidate’s nomination included information about the candidate’s dedicated account; or - (i) the candidate becomes a participant because the candidate’s nomination as a candidate for the election was certified by the returning officer under section 27 (3) (a) ; and - (ii) the candidate’s nomination included information about the candidate’s dedicated account; or - (b) for the agent of a group of candidates—the notice of the membership of the group given under section 42 included information about the group’s dedicated account. - (i) the candidate becomes a participant because the candidate’s nomination as a candidate for the election was certified by the returning officer under section 27 (3) (a) ; and - (ii) the candidate’s nomination included information about the candidate’s dedicated account; or