Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The registered officer of a registered political party or the registered agent of an independent elected member must, within 16 weeks after the end of each calendar year, provide an annual return to the Commission that—
(a) is in the form determined by the Commission; and
(b) specifies that the registered political party or independent elected member has in relation to the calendar year spent or incurred claimable expenditure—
(i) not less than the amount of the entitlement to administrative expenditure funding under section 207GA; or
(ii) less than the amount of the entitlement to administrative expenditure funding under section 207GA, being the amount specified in the annual return.
(2) An annual return under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a declaration made by the registered officer of the registered political party or the registered agent of the independent elected member providing the annual return stating that the registered officer or registered agent has no reason to believe that any matter stated in the annual return is not correct.
(3) If the Commission has not been provided with an annual return within the period specified in subsection (1)—
(a) the registered political party or independent elected member is to be taken to have incurred no claimable expenditure in relation to the calendar year; and
(b) the registered political party or independent elected member must repay to the Commission in accordance with section 207GF the total amount of payments of administrative expenditure funding received in relation to that calendar year.
S. 207GD inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 47(2).