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Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - General provisions relating to donations

207I: Anonymous donations

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"What happens to donations when you don't know who gave them"

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If you get a donation and you do not know who gave it to you, you have to pay some of it to the Electoral Commission. You have 20 working days to do this. If you think the donor might be from overseas and the donation is more than $50, you pay the donation amount minus $50 to the Electoral Commission. If you do not think the donor is from overseas and the donation is more than $1,500, you pay the donation amount minus $1,500 to the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission puts all the money they get into a Crown Bank Account. When a party secretary gets a donation and they do not know who gave it to them, they also have to pay some of it to the Electoral Commission within 20 working days, following the same rules as you. The Electoral Commission gets the money and pays it into a Crown Bank Account, as stated in the Electoral Amendment Act 2019.

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Part 6AElection expenses, donations, and annual financial statements
General provisions relating to donations

207IAnonymous donations

  1. If an anonymous candidate donation is received by a candidate, the candidate must, within 20 working days, pay to the Electoral Commission—

  2. the amount of the donation, or its value, less $50, if—
    1. the candidate believes or has reasonable grounds to suspect the donor is an overseas person; and
      1. the donation exceeds $50; or
      2. the amount of the donation, or its value, less $1,500, if—
        1. the candidate does not have reasonable grounds to suspect the donor is an overseas person; and
          1. the donation exceeds $1,500.

          2. If an anonymous party donation is received by a party secretary, the party secretary must, within 20 working days, pay to the Electoral Commission—

          3. the amount of the donation, or its value, less $50, if—
            1. the party secretary believes or has reasonable grounds to suspect the donor is an overseas person; and
              1. the donation exceeds $50; or
              2. the amount of the donation, or its value, less $1,500, if—
                1. the party secretary does not have reasonable grounds to suspect the donor is an overseas person; and
                  1. the donation exceeds $1,500.

                  2. All amounts received by the Electoral Commission under this section must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

                  Notes
                  • Section 207I: replaced, on , by section 7 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 72).