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Electoral Act 1993

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

206E: Periods for claiming and paying party's election expenses

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"Claiming and paying for election expenses: time limits for parties"

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If you want to claim election expenses from a party, you must send your claim to the party secretary within 20 working days after they make a declaration as required by section 193(5). You will then get paid within 40 working days after the declaration is made. The party must follow these timeframes or they might be breaking the law.

If you send your claim on time, the party secretary has 40 working days to pay you after the declaration is made as required by section 193(5). This is so you can get your money back for election expenses.

This rule is also connected to other rules, like sections 206F and 206G, which also talk about election expenses.

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

206EPeriods for claiming and paying party's election expenses

  1. A claim for any election expenses against a party is recoverable only if it is sent to the party secretary within 20 working days after the day on which the declaration required by section 193(5) is made.

  2. A claim that is sent to the party secretary in accordance with subsection (1) must be paid within 40 working days after the day on which the declaration required by section 193(5) is made.

  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 206F and 206G.

Compare
  • 1993 No 87 s 214BA (pre-20 December 2007);
  • 2007 No 111 s 102
Notes
  • Section 206E: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).