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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 3A

Meaning of gift

    (1)     A "gift" means any disposition of property made by a person to someone else without consideration in money or money's worth or with inadequate consideration, and includes providing a service for no consideration or for inadequate consideration, but does not include:

        (a)     a disposition of property by will; or

        (b)     an annual subscription paid to a registered party by a person for the person's membership of the party; or

        (c)     volunteer labour provided by a person that is:

            (i)     conducted outside the person's normal working hours or while the person is on leave; and

            (ii)     not remunerated.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), a gift to a candidate does not include a gift:

        (a)     made in a private capacity to the candidate for the candidate's personal use; and

        (b)     that the candidate has not used, and will not use, solely or substantially for a purpose related to an election.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), a gift to a third party campaigner only includes gifts that are:

        (a)     specified by the donor to be used for political expenditure; or

        (b)     reasonably believed by the campaigner to be intended by the donor to be used for political expenditure.

    (4)     For subsection (1), (2) or (3) the regulations may:

        (a)     prescribe matters relating to methods or processes for determining the value of a gift; and

        (b)     broaden or narrow the definition of gift .



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