Election Funding (Amendment) Act 1984 (NSW)
ELECTION FUNDING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1984, No. 35
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Act No. 35, 1984.
An Act to amend the Election Funding Act, 1981, with respect to claims for
payment under that Act. [Assented to, 13th June, 1984.]
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BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the "Election Funding (Amendment) Act,
1984".
Amendment of Act No. 78, 1981.
2. The Election Funding Act, 1981, is amended by omitting section
74 (1) and (2) and by inserting instead the following subsections:—
(1) Subject to this Act, a claim for payment under this Part to a party, group or candidate shall be lodged with the Authority before the expiration of 90 days after the day lor the return of the writs for the periodic Council election or, in the case of a by-election, before the expiration of 90 days after the day for the return of the writ for the by-election.
(1A) Without affecting the generality of section 106, that section
operates to enable the Authority, in accordance with that section, to
extend the time for lodging a claim under subsection (1).
(2) Subject to this Act, the Authority shall— (a) approve the making of a payment under this Part to a party, group or candidate if— (i) a claim for the payment is made by the registered agent for the party, group or candidate in the form and manner approved by the Authority;
(ii) the claim is audited by an auditor; and
(iii) the Authority is satisfied that the party, group or candidate is eligible for the payment; and
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(b)
refuse to approve the making of a payment under this Part to the extent that the payment would exceed the amount of expenditure incurred for election campaign purposes.
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