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Electoral Act 1993

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

206IA: Return of party’s allocation expenses

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"Telling the Electoral Commission how a political party spent its election money"

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If you are a party secretary, you must give the Electoral Commission a return of expenses within 90 days after polling day for a general election. This return must include details of the amount of the party's allocation and all accounts sent to the Electoral Commission under section 80B(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1989. You must use a form approved by the Electoral Commission to file this return.

The return you file must also include details of how the party's allocation was spent, as shown in the accounts sent to the Electoral Commission. You will need to get an auditor's report, which is obtained under section 206LA, to accompany your return.

You must make sure your return is complete and accurate, and that it is filed with the Electoral Commission on time.

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

206IAReturn of party’s allocation expenses

  1. Within 90 days after polling day for a general election, a party secretary must file with the Electoral Commission a return of expenses incurred by the party that have been funded from the party’s allocation.

  2. The return must be in a form approved by the Electoral Commission and include details of—

  3. the amount of the party’s allocation; and
    1. all accounts sent by the party to the Electoral Commission under section 80B(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1989 in respect of the expenditure of the party’s allocation.

      1. The return must be accompanied by an auditor’s report obtained under section 206LA.

      Notes
      • Section 206IA: inserted, on , by section 101 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).