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inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

    "(2a) A report under subsection (2) in relation to an election must include a list of the names of all persons who, in the opinion of the Commission, are or may be required to furnish a return under subsection 305 (1) or 309 (4) in relation to that election.

    "(2b) The Commission may prepare and furnish to the Minister, otherwise than under subsection (2), such reports on the operation of Part XX as the Commission thinks appropriate.

    "(2c) Subject to section 17a, the Commission must include in any report under this section particulars of the operation of subsection 316 (2a) since the preparation of the last report under this section that included particulars of the operation of that subsection.";

    (b) by omitting from subsection (4) "or (2)" and substituting ", (2) or (2b)";

    (c) by adding at the end the following subsection:

    "(5) A report under this section need not include particulars of a matter if those particulars have been included in an earlier report under this section.".

12. After section 17 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Certain particulars not to be included in reports

"17a. (1) A report under section 17 must not include particulars of any information given in evidence or contained in documents or other things produced in compliance with a notice under subsection 316 (2a), being a notice served on a prescribed person or an officer of a prescribed person, unless, in the opinion of the Electoral Commission, the information relates to an offence that has, or may have been, committed against section 315.

"(2) In this section:

'prescribed person' means a person whose name is included in a list in a report mentioned in subsection 17 (2a).".

Interpretation

13. Section 303 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4).

Disclosure of gifts

14. Section 304 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting subsection (1);

    (b) by omitting from subsection (5) "(1)," (wherever occurring);

    (c) by omitting from subsection (5) "political party, of a State branch of a political party or of a";

    (d) by omitting paragraph (5) (a);

    (e) by omitting from subsection (6) "(a) (ii) or" and "(1),";

    (f) by omitting paragraph (6) (a);

    (g) by omitting subsection (7).

Expenditure incurred for political purposes

15. (1) Section 305 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "in relation to the election" (wherever occurring);

    (b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

    "(2a) For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to have incurred expenditure for a political purpose if, during the disclosure period in relation to an election, the person incurs the