(1) An amount is only payable if the statement required to be provided to the Commission has been provided to the Commission.
(2) The amount payable is—
(a) if the statement specifies that not less than the entitlement has been spent or incurred, the whole of the entitlement; or
(b) if the statement specifies that an amount that is less than the entitlement has been spent or incurred, an amount equal to the amount specified in the statement.
(3) If an amount is payable under section 215A, the Commission must make the payment to the registered officer of the registered political party within 30 days after the Commission has been provided the statement.
(4) If a payment is made and the recipient is not entitled to receive the whole or a part of the amount paid, that amount or that part of that amount may be recovered by the Commission as a debt due to the State by action against the person in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Pt 12 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 216, 217) amended by No. 91/2003 s. 11, substituted by No. 30/2018 s. 57.
Division 3—Disclosure of political donations
S. 216 substituted by No. 30/2018 s. 57.