Commonwealth Electoral (Annual Returns By Registered Political Parties) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 2931

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Commonwealth Electoral (Annual Returns by Registered Political Parties) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

Dated 17 September 1992.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

N. BOLKUS

Minister of State for Administrative Services

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral (Annual Returns by Registered Political Parties) Regulations.

 

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s.48.]

 

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears: “the Act” means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

Fund-raising events

3. An event in each of the following classes of events is taken to be a fund-raising event for the purposes of Division 5A of Part XX of the Act:

(a) breakfasts, dinners or luncheons;

(b) barbecues, cocktail parties or morning or afternoon teas;

(c) auctions, including auctions that are commonly known as Dutch auctions;

(d) raffles or lucky envelope sales;

(e) games or quiz nights;

(f) tipping competitions;

(g) concerts;

(h) theatre parties;

(i) fairs or fetes;

(j) conferences or seminars;

(k) communal tours or trips;

(1) balls or dances;

(m) art, craft or fashion exhibitions;

(n) events not referred to in the preceding paragraphs, being events in which the fund-raising participants are sponsored by other persons or organisations.

Amounts to be shown in annual returns by registered political parties

4. (1) A return under paragraph 314ab (a) of the Act must set out the total amount referred to in that paragraph in the following detail:

(a) the sum of all donations of amounts of less than $1,500;

(b) in respect of each unit of a State branch of the registered political party—the sum of all amounts received from fund-raising events;

(c) in respect of a fund-raising event from which the sum of all amounts received is $5,000 or more:

(i) the sum of all amounts received; and

(ii) the class, under regulation 3, to which the event belongs; and

(iii) the date on which the event is held;

(d) the amount of the difference between the sum of all amounts received from fund-raising events and the sum of all amounts received from fund-raising events to which paragraph (c) refers;

(e) the sum of all amounts received as membership or affiliation fees or subscriptions;

(f) the sum of all amounts of the earnings from assets of the registered political party, except earnings referred to in paragraph (g);

(g) the sum of all amounts of the earnings from the sale of goods, or the provision of services, by the registered political party;

(h) the sum of all amounts received that are not referred to in a preceding paragraph.

 

(2) The particulars of an amount referred to in paragraph (1) (f), (g) or (h) must be set out as if the amount were a sum to which section 314ac of the Act applies.

(3) A return under paragraph 314ab (b) of the Act must set out the total amount referred to in that paragraph in the following detail:

(a) in respect of each unit of a State branch of the registered political party—the sum of all amounts paid for fund-raising events;

(b) in respect of a fund-raising event from which the sum of all amounts received is $5,000 or more:

(i) the sum of all amounts paid; and

(ii) the class, under regulation 3, to which the event belongs; and

(iii) the date on which the event was held;

(c) the amount of the difference between the sum of all amounts paid for fund-raising events and the sum of all amounts paid for fund-raising events to which paragraph (b) refers;

(d) the sum of all amounts paid for capital assets of the registered political party;

(e) the sum of all amounts paid for the sale of goods, or the provision of services, by the registered political party;

(f) the sum of all amounts paid for wages and salaries of staff, including the amount of costs directly related to those amounts;

(g) in respect of advertising or public relations—the sum of all amounts paid and the total amount of expenditure in respect of each of:

(i) radio;

(ii) television;

(iii) newspapers;

(iv) magazines;

(v) display advertising;

(vi) production, including printing, of material to which section 328 or 332 of the Act applies;

(vii) other forms of advertising or public relations;

(h) the sum of all amounts paid for affiliations, donations and gifts;

(i) the sum of all amounts paid for administration (except an amount referred to in a preceding paragraph), including expenditure on:

(i) the engagement of consultants; or

(ii) the conduct of opinion polls; (j) the sum of all other amounts paid.

(4) The particulars of an amount referred to in paragraph (3) (d), (e), (g), (h), (i) or (j) must be set out as if the amount were a sum to which section 314ad of the Act applies.

 

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette