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2 or more gifts made,

     during the disclosure period in relation to an election, by the same person to another person are taken to be one gift.

     "(5) This section does not apply in relation to a gift made before 1 July 1992 unless this section as in force before the commencement of the Political Broadcasts and Political Disclosures Act 1991 would have applied in relation to the gift.".

8. After section 305 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Donations to candidates and political parties

"305A.(1) If a person (other than a registered political party, a State branch of a registered political party, a candidate in an election or a member of a group) makes a gift, during the disclosure period in relation to an election, to:

  (a)     any political party or State branch of a political party; or

  (b)     any candidate in an election or member of a group; or

    (c)     any person or body (whether incorporated or not) specified by the Electoral Commission by notice in the Gazette;

the person must, within 15 weeks after the polling day in the election, furnish to the Electoral Commission a return, in an approved form, setting out the required details of all gifts made during the disclosure period.

  "(2) A person need not make a return under subsection (1) if:

    (a)     the total amount or value of gifts referred to in paragraph (1)(a) was less than the amount prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph or, if no amount is prescribed, $4,500; and

    (b)    the total amount or value of gifts referred to in paragraph (1)(b) was less than the amount prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph or, if no amount is prescribed, $200; and

    (c)     the total amount or value of gifts referred to in paragraph (1)(c) was less than the amount prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph or, if no amount is prescribed, $1,000.

"(3) If subsection (2) does not apply to a person but a paragraph of that subsection does apply, the return need not include the required details of gifts referred to in that paragraph.

"(4) For the purposes of this section, the required details of a gift are its amount or value, the date on which it was made and:

     (a) if the gift was made to an unincorporated association, other than a registered industrial organisation:

       (i) the name of the association; and

         (ii) the names and addresses of the members of the executive committee (however described) of the association; or

    (b) if the gift was purportedly made to a trust fund or paid into the funds of a foundation:

         (i) the names and addresses of the trustees of the fund