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Electoral Act 1993

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

207LA: Offence relating to splitting party donation or contribution to party donation

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"It's against the law to split donations to a political party to hide the total amount."

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If you tell two or more companies to split a donation to a political party, you can get in trouble. This is because you are trying to hide the total amount of the donation. The party secretary has to report all donations under section 210(1)(a). If you do this, you are guilty of a corrupt practice. You can also get in trouble if you tell two or more companies to split a contribution to a donation to a political party. This is because you are trying to hide the total amount of the contribution. The party secretary has to report all contributions under section 210(1)(b). If you are involved in directing or procuring companies to split donations or contributions, you are guilty of a corrupt practice.

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

207LAOffence relating to splitting party donation or contribution to party donation

  1. A person is guilty of a corrupt practice who directs or procures, or is actively involved in directing or procuring, 2 or more bodies corporate to split between the bodies corporate a party donation in order to conceal the total amount of the donation and avoid the donation's inclusion by the party secretary in the return of party donations under section 210(1)(a).

  2. A person is guilty of a corrupt practice who directs or procures, or is actively involved in directing or procuring, 2 or more bodies corporate to split between the bodies corporate a contribution to a party donation in order to conceal the total amount of the contribution and avoid the contribution's inclusion by the party secretary in the return of party donations under section 210(1)(b).

Notes
  • Section 207LA: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).