New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL FUNDING ACT 2018 - SECT 142

142 Offences relating to assisting others lodging claims or disclosures

(1) An official agent or party agent must, in relation to a matter permitted or required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the official agent or party agent, use his or her best endeavours to ensure that the statements in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the agent are not false or misleading in a material particular.

(2) A member of a group must, in relation to a matter permitted or required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the member on behalf of the group, use his or her best endeavours to ensure that the statements in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the member are not false or misleading in a material particular.

(3) An elected member, member of a group or candidate must not, in relation to a matter required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by a party agent, give or withhold information to or from the party agent knowing that it will result in the making of a false statement in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the party agent.

(4) An associated entity or third-party campaigner must not, in relation to a matter required to be disclosed under Division 2 of Part 3 by the official agent of the associated entity or third-party campaigner, give or withhold information to or from the official agent knowing that it will result in the making of a false statement in a declaration of disclosures or request under this Act by the official agent.

(5) A candidate must not, in relation to any matter to be included in a claim for a payment under Part 4 (Public funding of State election campaigns) or Part 5 (Administrative and New Party policy development funding), give or withhold information to or from the party agent of the candidate knowing that it will result in the making of a false or misleading claim by the party agent.

: Maximum penalty--400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.