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Electoral Act 1993

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

205J: Invoice and receipt required for election expenses of $50 or more

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"Keep a record of election expenses over $50 with an invoice and receipt."

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If you are a candidate and you spend $50 or more on election expenses, you need to get an invoice and a receipt for the payment. The invoice must have all the details of the payment. This is so you can prove what you spent the money on. You must keep the invoice and receipt as a record of the payment.

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

205JInvoice and receipt required for election expenses of $50 or more

  1. Every payment made in respect of any election expenses of a candidate, other than a payment that is less than $50, must be vouched by an invoice stating the particulars and by a receipt.

Compare
  • 1993 No 87 s 209 (pre-20 December 2007);
  • 2007 No 111 s 85
Notes
  • Section 205J: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).