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Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - Election expenses of candidates

205G: Periods for claiming and paying candidate's election expenses

You could also call this:

"Time limits for sorting out election expense claims and payments"

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If you want to claim money from a candidate for election expenses, you must send the claim to the candidate within 20 working days after they make a declaration as required by section 179(2). You must pay the claim within 40 working days after the declaration is made. If you pay a claim outside of these timeframes, you are doing something wrong and can get in trouble.

This rule is also connected to sections 205H and 205I, which have more information about election expenses.

If you break this rule, you can be guilty of an illegal practice, which means you did something against the law.

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Part 6AElection expenses, donations, and annual financial statements
Election expenses of candidates

205GPeriods for claiming and paying candidate's election expenses

  1. A claim for any election expenses against a candidate is recoverable only if it is sent to the candidate within 20 working days after the day on which the declaration required by section 179(2) is made.

  2. A claim that is sent to a candidate in accordance with subsection (1) must be paid within 40 working days after the day on which that declaration is made, and not otherwise.

  3. A person who makes a payment in breach of this section is guilty of an illegal practice.

  4. This section is subject to sections 205H and 205I.

Compare
  • 1993 No 87 s 206 (pre-20 December 2007);
  • 2007 No 111 s 82
Notes
  • Section 205G(1): amended, on , by section 10 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).
  • Section 205G: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).