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(2) However, a party is not eligible for payment of administrative expenditure for a year in excess of an amount equivalent to 5 times the maximum amount payable for the year for an MLA under section 215C.
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Clause 10
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10 Section 216A (4) and notes
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(4) The financial representative of the receiver must give the return to the commissioner not later than—
(a) if the total amount of the gifts received from the person reaches $1 000—
(i) in the period starting on the first day of the election period and ending 30 days after the election period ends (the defined period)—7 days after the day the total amount received from the person reaches $1 000; or
(ii) outside the defined period—7 days after the end of the month in which the total amount received from the person reaches $1 000; and
(b) if the financial representative is required to give the commissioner a return under subsection (3) (a) in relation to a person and the person makes an additional gift—
(i) in the defined period—7 days after the day the additional gift is received from the person; or
(ii) outside the defined period—7 days after the end of the month in which the additional gift is received from the person.
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Proposed new clauses 10A and 10B
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10A New section 221
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221 Restrictions on acceptance of gifts over $10 000
(1) A party, MLA, non-party candidate or associated entity (the receiver) must not accept a gift from, or on behalf of, an individual or corporate group in a financial year if the total amount of gifts from the individual or corporate group in the year is $10 000 or more.
(2) If the receiver contravenes subsection (1), the financial representative of the receiver must pay to the Territory an amount equal to the amount of the gift.
(3) The amount payable under subsection (2) is a debt payable to the Territory by the financial representative for the receiver and may be recovered by a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) In this section:
close associate, of a corporation, means any of the following:
(a) a related body corporate;
(b) an officer of the corporation or a related body corporate;
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