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Electoral Act 1993

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

206H: Invoice and receipt required for election expenses of $100 or more

You could also call this:

"Get a receipt and invoice for election expenses over $100"

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If you are paying for election expenses for a party, you need to get an invoice and a receipt for payments of $100 or more. The invoice must have all the details of the payment. You must have a receipt to prove you made the payment. This rule does not apply to payments that are less than $100.

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

206HInvoice and receipt required for election expenses of $100 or more

  1. Every payment made in respect of any election expenses of a party, other than a payment that is less than $100, must be vouched by an invoice stating the particulars and by a receipt.

Compare
  • 1993 No 87 s 214BD (pre-20 December 2007);
  • 2007 No 111 s 105
Notes
  • Section 206H: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).