City of Adelaide (Elections and Polls) (Local Government Review) Variation Regulations 2021 (SA)

South Australia

City of Adelaide (Elections and Polls) (Local Government Review) Variation Regulations 2021

under the City of Adelaide Act 1998

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of City of Adelaide (Elections and Polls) Regulations 2010

4            Substitution of regulation 6

6            Large gifts returns

5            Variation of Schedule 1—Prescribed forms

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the City of Adelaide (Elections and Polls) (Local Government Review) Variation Regulations 2021.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which section 196(3) of the Statutes Amendment (Local Government Review) Act 2021 comes into operation.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of City of Adelaide (Elections and Polls) Regulations 2010

4—Substitution of regulation 6

Regulation 6—delete the regulation and substitute:

6—Large gifts returns

(1)For the purposes of Schedule 1 clause 24A(1)(b) of the Act, the amount of $2 500 is prescribed.

(2)For the purposes of Schedule 1 clause 24A(1) of the Act, a large gifts return must be furnished by a candidate—

(a)in relation to a disclosure period applying to a candidate for a supplementary election—within 5 days after the receipt of each gift or gifts the total amount or value of which is more than the prescribed amount during the period commencing on the close of nominations for the election and ending 5 days after the end of the disclosure period; or

(b)in relation to a disclosure period applying to a candidate for a periodic election—

(i)in the year in which the election is to be held—within 5 days after the receipt of each gift or gifts the total amount or value of which is more than the prescribed amount during the period commencing on—

(A)1 January in that year; or

(B)if the disclosure period applying to the candidate commences after 1 January, the day on which the disclosure period commences,

and ending 5 days after the end of the disclosure period; and

(ii)in each year in which the disclosure period applies to the candidate for the election (including the year in which the election is to be held)—within 60 days after 30 June.

(3)For the purposes of Schedule 1 clause 31(2)(a) of the Act, the period of 5 days is prescribed.

5—Variation of Schedule 1—Prescribed forms

Schedule 1, Forms 2 and 3—delete Forms 2 and 3

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Administrator

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 16 September 2021

No 136 of 2021