Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04895:body:0:p3
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subsection 299(5) insert:

"(5A) A notice may be lodged with the Electoral Commission for the purposes of this section requesting that payments that would otherwise be made to the agent of a registered political party specified in the notice are to be paid instead to the agent of another registered political party specified in the notice.

"(5B) A notice under subsection (5A):

    (a) must be signed by the registered officer of each of the registered political parties specified in the notice; and

    (b) can only be withdrawn by a notice lodged with the Electoral Commission and signed by the registered officer of each of those political parties.

"(5C) If a notice is lodged under subsection (5A), payments under this section must be made in accordance with the notice for any election for which the polling day is:

    (a) after the day on which the notice was lodged; and

    (b) before the day (if any) on which the notice is withdrawn.

"(5D) Where the Electoral Commission is required to make a payment under this section in respect of an entitlement:

    (a) at least 95% of the entitlement (calculated on the basis of the votes counted as at the 20th day after the polling day in the election) must be paid as soon as possible after that 20th day; and

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    (b) any balance must be paid as soon as possible after the amount of the full entitlement is known.".

14. Subsection 299(6):

Omit "whether because of a false statement in a claim or otherwise, ".

15. Section 299A:

Repeal the section.

16. Section 300:

Omit "a claim for the payment may be made by, and the payment may be made to, ", substitute "the payment may be made to".

17. Section 301:

Omit "a claim for the payment may be made by, and the payment may be made to, ", substitute "the payment may be made to".

18. Subsection 305(1):

After "division of a registered political party, " insert "an associated entity, ".

19. Subsection 305A(1):

After "a State branch of a registered political party, " insert "an associated entity, ".

20. Paragraph 305A(1)(a):

Omit the paragraph.

21. Paragraph 305A(2)(a):

Omit the paragraph.

22. After section 305A:

Insert:

Donations to political parties

"305B.(1) If, in a financial year, a person makes gifts totalling $1,500 or more to:

    (a) the same registered political party; or

    (b) the same State branch of a registered political party;

the person must furnish a return to the Electoral Commission within 20 weeks after the end of the financial year, covering all the gifts that the person made to that political party or branch during the financial year.

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"(2) If a person makes a gift to