Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund Payments) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Electoral Funding Amendment

(Administration Fund Payments) Regulation

2019

under the

Electoral Funding Act 2018

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Electoral Funding Act 2018.

GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN, MP

Premier

Explanatory note

The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to provide for the determination of the number of endorsed elected members of parties for a quarter in which a dissolution or expiry of the Legislative Assembly occurs for the purpose of calculating administrative expenditure funding, and
(b)	to specify the information that is required to accompany a declaration relating to political donations or electoral expenditure made by an independent elected member, group or candidate, and
(c)	to make minor law revision amendments.

This Regulation is made under the Electoral Funding Act 2018, including sections 17 (8) and 156 (the general regulation-making power) and clause 1 of Schedule 2.

Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund Payments) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund Payments)

Regulation 2019

under the

Electoral Funding Act 2018

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund

Payments) Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund Payments) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Electoral Funding Act 2018 No 20

Schedule 1 Amendment of Electoral Funding Act 2018 No 20

Schedule 2 Savings, transitional and other provisions

Insert at the end of the Schedule:

18      Determination of administrative expenditure funding during period of

dissolution

(1)	Despite section 87 (4), during the transitional period, the number of endorsed elected members of a party in relation to any quarterly payment for a quarter during which a dissolution or expiry of the Assembly occurs is to be determined as at the date that is immediately before the date of the dissolution or expiry.
(2)	In this clause, transitional period means the period beginning on the commencement of this Act (being 1 July 2018) and ending on 30 June 2019.

Electoral Funding Amendment (Administration Fund Payments) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 2 Amendment of Electoral Funding Regulation 2018

Schedule 2	Amendment of Electoral Funding Regulation
2018

[1]      Clause 6A

Insert after clause 6:

6A Information to accompany Part 3 declaration by elected member, group or

candidate—independent

(1)

The information specified in subclause (2) is to accompany a Part 3 declaration by an elected member, group or candidate to which section 38 of the Act does not apply made in accordance with section 15 (1) (b) of the Act after the end of the half-year that ends on 30 June.

(2)

The following information in respect of the financial year that includes the
half-year concerned is specified:

(a)	bank statements for the campaign account of the elected member, group or candidate,
(b)	any other information that is reasonably required to clarify the information provided under paragraph (a).

(3)

Such accompanying information is to be lodged in the form and manner
approved by the Electoral Commission.

[2]      Clause 30 Receipt statement for reportable political donations: section 45 (1) (b)

Omit “or incur electoral expenditure”.

[3]      Clause 44 Direction by Electoral Commission to lodge certain records

Insert “, elected member” after “group” where secondly occurring in clause 44 (1).