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Electoral Act 1993

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

210F: Return of party donations to be publicly available

You could also call this:

"People can see what donations political parties get and how much they are"

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The Electoral Commission can make some returns and reports public, like a return filed under section 210, a report obtained under section 210A, and a return filed under section 210C. You can see these during the public inspection period. The Electoral Commission must make them available for you to look at.

The Electoral Commission can charge you to look at these returns and reports, based on the Official Information Act 1982. They can decide how to make them public. You can look at them during the public inspection period.

The Electoral Commission has to make the returns and reports available for you to see.

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

210FReturn of party donations to be publicly available

  1. The Electoral Commission may publish, in any manner that the Electoral Commission considers appropriate, the following returns and reports:

  2. a return filed under section 210; and
    1. a report obtained under section 210A accompanying the return referred to in paragraph (a); and
      1. a return filed under section 210C.

        1. During the public inspection period, the Electoral Commission must make available for public inspection a copy of every return and report referred to in subsection (1).

        2. 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.

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        • Section 210F: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).