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Local Electoral Act 2001

Electoral donations and expenses - Electoral expenses

105: Periods for claiming and paying expenses

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"Claim and pay election expenses on time"

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You have 30 days to send a claim for electoral expenses to a candidate after they are declared elected. You must pay all electoral expenses within 60 days after the candidate is declared elected. If you do not pay on time, you can be fined up to $5,000 for breaking the law.

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Electoral expenses

105Periods for claiming and paying expenses

  1. No claim against a candidate, or against any agent of a candidate, in respect of any electoral expenses is recoverable unless it is sent to the candidate within 30 days after the day on which the successful candidates are declared to be elected.

  2. All electoral expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate must be paid within 60 days after the day on which the successful candidates are declared to be elected.

  3. A person who makes a payment in breach of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

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Notes
  • Section 105(3): inserted, on , by section 32 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).