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Electoral Act 1993

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

205R: Return of candidate's election expenses to be publicly available

You could also call this:

"Candidates' election spending is made public so you can see how much they spent."

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When you want to see how much money a candidate spent during an election, you can look at their return. The Electoral Commission can publish these returns in a way that they think is appropriate. They can do this by making the returns filed under section 205K available to the public. The Electoral Commission must make these returns available for you to inspect during a certain period. You can inspect the returns filed under section 205K, but the Electoral Commission might charge you a fee, which is decided under the Official Information Act 1982.

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

205RReturn of candidate's election expenses to be publicly available

  1. The Electoral Commission may publish, in any manner that the Electoral Commission considers appropriate, every return filed under section 205K.

  2. During the public inspection period, the Electoral Commission must make available for public inspection a copy of every return filed under section 205K.

  3. The Electoral Commission may make inspection under subsection (2) subject to the payment of any charges that may be made under the Official Information Act 1982.

Notes
  • Section 205R: substituted, on , by section 32(2)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).