Victorian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 217I

    (1)     The registered officer of a registered political party must, within 16 weeks after the end of each financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2018, provide an annual return to the Commission that—

        (a)     is in the form determined by the Commission; and

        (b)     sets out the following—

              (i)     the total amount received by, or on behalf of, the registered political party;

              (ii)     if the sum of all amounts received from a person or entity during a financial year is more than the disclosure threshold under section 216(1), the annual return must include the following particulars of that sum—

    (A)     the full name and address of the person or entity from whom the amount was received;

    (B)     the sum of the amount received;

    (C)     whether the amount is a political donation or a receipt for another purpose;

              (iii)     the total amount paid by, or on behalf of, the registered political party during the financial year;

              (iv)     the total outstanding amount as at the end of the financial year, of all debts incurred by, or on behalf of, the registered political party;

              (v)     if the sum of all outstanding debts to a person or entity during a financial year is more than the disclosure threshold under section 216(1), the annual return must include the following particulars of that sum—

    (A)     the full name and address of the person or entity to whom the amount of the debt is owed;

    (B)     the sum of the amount that is owed;

    (C)     whether the amount of the debt is to a financial institution or non‑financial institution;

              (vi)     any other details prescribed by the regulations.

    (2)     For the purposes of calculating the sum of all amounts received from a person or entity during a financial year under subsection (1)(b)(ii) or the sum of all outstanding debts to a person or entity during a financial year under subsection (1)(b)(v), any amount that is a political donation made or received for Commonwealth electoral purposes and is not paid into a State campaign account of a person or entity is to be disregarded.

S. 217J inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 58.