Long title
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 (Repealed)
4 Definitions
Part 2 The Election Funding Authority
5 Constitution of the Authority
6 Members of the Authority
7 Chairperson
8 Alternates
9 Eligibility for appointment
10 Duty of Minister with respect to appointments
11 Provisions relating to nominations
12 Term of office of appointed members and alternates
13 Vacation of office
14 Filling of casual vacancies
15 Meetings of the Authority
16 Acting Chairperson
17 Voting
18 Minutes
19 Fees and allowances
20 Public Service Act 1979 not to apply
21 Members not personally liable
Part 3 Responsibilities of the Authority
22 General functions
23 Particular functions
24 Guidelines
25 Research
Part 4 Registration
Division 1 Preliminary
26 Application to registration for State and local government elections
27 Qualification of persons to be appointed as party or official agents
28–30 (Repealed)
Division 2 Register of Candidates
31 Register of Candidates to be kept
32 Registration
33 Applications for registration of candidates
34 Application for registration of groups
35 Lodging of applications
36 Refusal to register candidates
37 Refusal to register groups
38 Amendment of Register
Division 3 Register of Party Agents
39 Register of Party Agents to be kept
40 Registration
41 Appointment etc of party agents
42 Entries in the Register
43 Amendment of Register
Division 4 Register of Official Agents
44 Register of Official Agents to be kept
45 Registration
46 Appointment etc of official agents
47 Entries in the Register
48 Amendment of Register
49 Where there is no official agent for a candidate or group
Division 5 Registers for by-elections
50 Application of this Division
51 Registers for by-elections
Division 6 General
52 Public access to registers
53 Statutory declarations
54 False statements
Part 5 Public funding of election campaigns
Division 1 Preliminary
54A Application to State elections only
55 Election campaign expenditure
Division 2 Constitution of the funds
56 Creation of the funds
57 Determination of credits to funds
Division 3 The Central Fund
58 Credits to the Central Fund
59 General entitlements of parties
60 General entitlements of independent groups in Council elections
61 General entitlements of independent candidates in Council elections
62 Formula for the distribution of the Central Fund
63 Maximum amounts payable
Division 4 The Constituency Fund
64 Credits to the Constituency Fund
65 General entitlements of candidates in Assembly elections
66 Constituency Fund to be divided among electoral districts
67 Formula for the distribution of the Constituency Fund
68 Maximum amounts payable
Division 5 Advance payments
69 Entitlements to advance payments
70 Advance payments to be deducted from other entitlements
71 Overpayments
71A Recovery of advance payments
Division 6 Funds for by-elections
72 Application of this Division
73 By-election Constituency Fund
73A Entitlement of parties at by-elections
Division 7 General
74 Claims for, and approvals of, payments
75 Audit of claim
76 Expenditure to be vouched for
76A Making payments to party at direction of candidate
77 Making of payments
77A Prepayment on lodgment of claims
78 Payments conditional on disclosure of political donations etc
79 Death of a candidate
80 Alteration in composition of group
81 Public access to claims etc
82 False statements
Part 6 Political donations and electoral expenditure
Division 1 Preliminary
83 Application
84 Definitions—general
85 Meaning of “political donation”
86 Meaning of “reportable political donation”
87 Meaning of “electoral expenditure”
Division 2 Disclosure of political donations and electoral expenditure
88 Disclosures required to be made
89 Relevant disclosure period
90 Person responsible for making disclosures
91 When and how disclosures to be made
92 Political donations required to be disclosed
93 Electoral expenditure required to be disclosed
94 Separate disclosures not required of same item
95 Public access to disclosures, expenditure etc
Division 3 Management of donations and expenditure
96 Requirements in relation to expenditure of political donations to parties
96A Requirements for political donations to, and electoral expenditure by, elected member, group or candidate
96B Campaign accounts of elected members, groups or candidates
96C Person accepting reportable political donations to record details
Division 4 Prohibition of certain political donations etc
96D Prohibition on donations from entities without ABN
96E Prohibition on certain indirect campaign contributions
96F Prohibition on receiving gifts of unknown source
96G Prohibition on receiving loans unless details recorded
Division 5 Miscellaneous
96H Offences relating to disclosures
96I Other offences
96J Recovery of unlawful donations etc
96K Audit certificate
96L Extension of due date for making disclosures
96M Amendment of disclosures
97 (Repealed)
Part 6A Political Education Fund
97A Definition
97AB Application to State elections only
97B Political Education Fund
97C Parties entitled to receive annual payments from the Fund for purposes of political education
97D Determinations relating to political education purposes
97E How payments from the Fund are to be determined
97F Party must claim for payments from the Fund
97G Payments from the Fund to be made to agents
97H Declarations etc by agents
97I Recovery of unauthorised expenditure
97J Unspent amounts to be carried over to following year
97K False statements
Part 7 Financial provisions
98 Appropriation of Consolidated Fund for election funding
99 Funding of other expenses
100 Money received by Authority
101 Financial year of the Authority
102, 103 (Repealed)
Part 8 Miscellaneous
104 Shortened references to Authority
105 Proof of certain matters not required
106 Extensions of time
107 Reports to Parliament
108 (Repealed)
109 Certain persons not to be auditors
110 Inspection
110A Power to demand information of major political donors regarding failures to disclose
111 Proceedings for offences
112 Prosecution of unincorporated bodies
113 Recovery of penalties etc from parties
114 Evidence
115 Delegation
116 Transitional provisions
117 Regulations
Schedule 1 Indexation of the monetary unit
Schedule 2 Transitional provisions
Historical notes