Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Act 1996
7Disclosure in annual returns
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7 Disclosure in annual returns
[Section 7 Substituted by No. 41 of 2017, s. 7, Applied:01 Dec 2017] Subject to Division 2 , a Member must disclose in an annual return the following:
(a) in respect of each source of income that the Member or a spouse of the Member received during the annual return period –
(i) the person or other entity from which the income was received; and
(ii) why the income was received;
(b) the legal nature of any interest that the Member or a spouse of the Member held in real property during the annual return period and the address of that property;
(c) the nature of any interest, or description of any position, whether remunerated or not, that the Member or a spouse of the Member holds in any corporation during the annual return period and the name and address of that corporation;
(d) a description of any position that the Member or a spouse of the Member holds in any trade union or professional or business association, whether remunerated or not, during the annual return period and the name of that trade union or association;
(e) the name and address of any person or other entity to whom the Member or a spouse of the Member is liable to pay any debt during the annual return period, whether or not the debt is due and payable during that period;
(f) particulars of any disposition of property made by the Member or a spouse of the Member during the annual return period whereby, either wholly or in part, the Member or a spouse of the Member retained the use or benefit of the property or the right to acquire the property at a later date;
(g) particulars of any disposition of property made by a person during the annual return period to another person under an arrangement made by the Member or a spouse of the Member whereby, either wholly or in part, the Member or a spouse of the Member obtained the use or benefit of the property;
(h) the name and address of any person or other entity who made any financial or other contribution (including free or upgraded accommodation, transport or hospitality) to any travel undertaken by the Member or a spouse of the Member during the annual return period;