Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - Election expenses of registered promoters

206ZC: Return of registered promoter's election expenses

You could also call this:

"Telling the Electoral Commission about your election expenses over $100,000"

If you are a registered promoter and you spend more than $100,000 on election expenses, this law applies to you. You must tell the Electoral Commission how much you spent on election expenses within 70 working days after polling day. You have to fill out a return in the form that the Electoral Commission requires.

If you are not a person or a company, the person who represents you must file the return for you, but they must be authorised to do so. The return must be filed with the Electoral Commission and it must be in the correct form.

You can find more information about the law that requires you to file a return of election expenses in the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010.

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Government and voting > Elections

206ZB: Invoice and receipt required for election expenses of $50 or more, or

"Get an invoice and receipt for election expenses over $50"

206ZD: Electoral Commission may require auditor's report on return of registered promoter's election expenses, or

"The Electoral Commission can ask for a special report to check if election expenses are honest and correct."

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

206ZCReturn of registered promoter's election expenses

This section applies to a registered promoter whose total election expenses in respect of any regulated period exceed $100,000 (inclusive of goods and services tax).
Within 70 working days after polling day, the registered promoter must file a return of election expenses with the Electoral Commission.
If the registered promoter is not an individual or a company, the return must be filed by the registered promoter's representative who is duly authorised to file the return.
A return filed under subsection (2) must be in the form required by the Electoral Commission.

Notes

Section 206ZC: inserted, on 1 January 2011, by section 15 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).