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Electoral Act 1993

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

207O: Duty of Electoral Commission in relation to donations

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"The Electoral Commission must report serious donation rule-breakers to the Police."

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The Electoral Commission has a job to do when they think someone has broken the rules about donations. If they believe someone has done something wrong, they must tell the New Zealand Police what they know. You need to know that the Electoral Commission will only report this to the Police if they think it's serious enough. The Electoral Commission does not have to report it if they think it's not a big deal and not worth the Police's time.

The Electoral Commission's job is to make sure everyone follows the rules, and they work with the Police to do this. They look at the rules in subparts 4 to 6 of this Part to decide what to do. They want to make sure everyone is honest and fair when it comes to donations.

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

207ODuty of Electoral Commission in relation to donations

  1. If the Electoral Commission believes that any person has committed an offence against this subpart or subparts 4 to 6 of this Part, the Electoral Commission must report the facts on which that belief is based to the New Zealand Police.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply if the Electoral Commission considers that the offence is so inconsequential that there is no public interest in reporting those facts to the New Zealand Police.

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Notes
  • Section 207O: substituted, on , by section 23 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).