Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016:clause:2_6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 6 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 71599–74387

6                       A person or entity that, at the time the relevant gift is received is:                     The 21st day of the calendar month that immediately follows the calendar month in which the relevant gift is received (subject to subsection (8))
                        (a) either:
                        (i) registered as a significant third party; or
                        (ii) a third party; and
                        (b) registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012

Note: Subsection 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (calculating time) does not apply to the giving of the notice (see section 303C of this Act).

Other requirements for notice
 (3) The notice under subsection (1) must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) set out the details required by section 303B (content of donation disclosure notices).

Notice on behalf of members and Senators who are not members of a registered political party
 (4) A member of the House of Representatives or a Senator who is not a member of a registered political party is taken to have given a notice under subsection (1) in relation to a gift if the member or Senator causes another person to give the notice on behalf of the member or Senator.
Example: Assume Emma is a Senator who is not a member of a registered political party. Emma receives a gift where the amount of the gift is more than the disclosure threshold. An agent is able to give the notice under subsection (1) on behalf of Emma.

Bulk donation disclosure notices for registered political parties
 (5) For the purposes of subsection (1), the responsible person for a registered political party or a State branch of a registered political party may give a single donation disclosure notice (a bulk donation disclosure notice) in relation to more than one gift received by the registered political party or the State branch.
 (6) The bulk donation disclosure notice must set out the details mentioned in section 303B in relation to each gift to which the bulk donation disclosure notice relates.

Gifts received close to the start of an election period—recipient other than registered charity
 (7) Despite subsection (2), if:
 (a) a recipient (other than a recipient covered by column 1 of item 6 of the table in subsection (2)) receives a gift before the start of the election period in relation to:
 (i) an election; or
 (ii) if the recipient is covered by subsection (9) in relation to the by‑election—a by‑election; and
 (b) at the time the election period starts, the responsible person for the recipient has not given the Electoral Commission a notice under subsection (1) in relation to the gift;
then the responsible person must give the Electoral Commission the notice on or before the end of the