Political Financing Handbook for Nomination Contestants and Financial Agents (EC 20182) – December 2023
Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1. Reference Tables and Timelines
- 2. Starting and Closing the Nomination Campaign
- 3. Contributions
- What is a contribution?
- What is commercial value?
- Who can contribute?
- Limits on contributions, loans and loan guarantees to a nomination contestant
- Paid leave for a nomination contestant is not a contribution
- Volunteer labour is not a contribution
- Sponsorship or advertising at a political event is a contribution
- Accepting and recording contributions
- Accepting contributions of cryptocurrency
- Issuing contribution receipts
- Determining the date a contribution is made
- Recording anonymous contributions
- Remitting anonymous contributions that cannot be accepted
- Ineligible contributions
- Returning ineligible or non-compliant contributions
- 4. Loans
- 5. Transfers
- 6. Other Cash Inflows
- 7. Fundraising
- Regulated fundraising events
- Typical fundraising activities
- 8. Nomination Campaign Expenses
- 9. Nomination Contest Expenses
- Typical nomination contest expenses
- Use of parliamentary resources
- 10. Nomination Contestant's Personal Expenses
- Typical personal expenses
- 11. Nomination Contestant's Travel and Living Expenses
- Typical travel and living expenses
- 12. Nomination Contestant's Litigation Expenses
- 13. Other Nomination Campaign Expenses
- Typical "other" expenses
- 14. Reporting
- 15. Managing Unpaid Claims and Loans
- 16. Disposing of Surplus