210Annual return of party donations

1. A party secretary must file with the Electoral Commission, for each year, a return of party donations setting out—

2. the details specified in subsection (2) for every party donation (other than a donation of the kind referred to in paragraphs (c) to (e)) received by him or her that, either on its own or when aggregated with all other donations made by or on behalf of the same donor during the year, exceeds $5,000 in sum or value; and
3. whether section 207C applies to any donation and, if so, and to the extent known or ascertainable from the information supplied under that section, the details specified in subsection (3) in respect of every contribution received from a New Zealand person that, either on its own or when aggregated with other contributions made by or on behalf of the same contributor to the donation, or to other donations during the year, exceeds $5,000 in sum or value; and
4. the details specified in subsection (4) in respect of every anonymous party donation received by him or her—
   1. exceeding $50, in any case where the party secretary believes or has reasonable grounds to suspect the donor is an overseas person; or
   2. exceeding $1,500, in any other case; and
5. the details specified in subsection (5) in respect of every party donation received by him or her from an overseas person that, either on its own or when aggregated with all other donations made by or on behalf of the same overseas person during the year, exceeds $50; and
6. the details specified in subsection (5A) in respect of every contribution to a party donation received by him or her from an overseas person that, either on its own or when aggregated with other contributions made by the same overseas person to the donation, exceeds $50; and
7. the details specified in subsection (6) in respect of every payment of donations received from the Electoral Commission under section 208D; and
8. the details specified in subsection (6A) in respect of all other party donations received by him or her.

9. The details referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—

10. the name of the donor; and
11. the address of the donor; and
12. the amount of the donation or, in the case of aggregated donations, the total amount of the donations; and
13. the date the donation was received or, in the case of aggregated donations, the date that each donation was received.

14. The details referred to in subsection (1)(b) are—

15. the name of the contributor; and
16. the address of the contributor; and
17. the amount of the contribution or, in the case of aggregated contributions, the total amount of the aggregated contributions; and
18. the date on which the donation, or each related donation, funded from contributions was made.

19. The details referred to in subsection (1)(c) are—

20. the date the donation was received; and
21. the amount of the donation; and
22. the amount paid to the Electoral Commission under section 207I(2), and the date that payment was made.

23. The details referred to in subsection (1)(d) are—

24. the name of the overseas person; and
25. the address of the overseas person; and
26. the amount of the donation or, in the case of aggregated donations, the total amount of the donations; and
27. the date the donation was received or, in the case of aggregated donations, the date each donation was received; and
28. the amount returned to an overseas person or paid to the Electoral Commission under section 207K(2A), and the date of that return or payment, as the case may be.

29. The details referred to in subsection (1)(da) are—

30. the name of the overseas person; and
31. the address of the overseas person; and
32. the amount of the contribution or, in the case of aggregated contributions, the total amount of the aggregated contributions; and
33. the date on which the related donation funded from the contribution was made; and
34. the amount returned to the donor or paid to the Electoral Commission under section 207K(3), and the date of that return or payment, as the case may be.

35. The details referred to in subsection (1)(e) are—

36. the date the payment was received; and
37. the amount of the payment; and
38. the amount of interest included in the payment.

39. The details referred to in subsection (1)(f) are,—

40. in respect of anonymous party donations received of an amount not exceeding $1,500,—
    1. the number of donations; and
    2. the total amount of the donations; and
41. in respect of all other party donations received of an amount not exceeding $1,500,—
    1. the number of donations; and
    2. the total amount of the donations; and
42. in respect of party donations received of an amount exceeding $1,500 but not exceeding $5,000,—
    1. the number of donations; and
    2. the total amount of the donations.

43. A return must also set out—

44. the total amount of all of the party donations disclosed under subsection (1)(a); and
45. the total amount of all of the party donations disclosed under subsection (1)(c); and
46. the total amount of all of the party donations disclosed under subsection (1)(d); and
47. the total amount of all of the party donations disclosed under subsection (1)(e); and
48. the total amount of all of the party donations disclosed under subsection (1)(f); and
49. the aggregate of the total amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e); and
50. a breakdown of the aggregate referred to in paragraph (f) showing the total amount of—
    1. party donations received in money; and
    2. other party donations received (whether of the equivalent of money or of goods or services).

51. A return must—

52. be filed by 30 April of the following year; and
53. be in the form required by the Electoral Commission; and
54. be accompanied by an auditor’s report, if an auditor’s report is required to be obtained under section 210A.

55. Despite anything in subsection (1), if a party secretary is required to file under that subsection a return of party donations that relates to the year in which the party became registered, that return is to relate to the period beginning with the date of registration of the party and ending with 31 December of that year.

56. In this section, year means the period of 12 months starting on 1 January and ending with the close of 31 December.