Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 125C

125C Summary expenditure returns—relevant third parties

(1) This section applies to the agent of a relevant third party for an election.

(2) The agent of the relevant third party must give the electoral commission a return about the total amount of electoral expenditure incurred by the third party during the third party’s disclosure period for the election.

(3) The return must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) be given to the electoral commission within the required period for the election.

(4) Also, the return must be accompanied by a copy of each bank statement for the relevant third party’s dedicated account—

(a) for the period that—

(i) starts when the capped expenditure period for the election starts; and

(ii) ends on the day before the return is given to the electoral commission; and

(b) for an earlier period that includes a transaction related to electoral expenditure incurred during the third party’s disclosure period for the election.

(5) If the relevant third party did not incur electoral expenditure during the third party’s disclosure period for the election, the return must state that fact.

(6) For this section, an amount of electoral expenditure incurred by the relevant third party for 2 or more elections is taken to have been incurred by the third party for each of the elections.

(7) For this section, it does not matter whether electoral expenditure for an election is incurred during the capped expenditure period for the election.