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Schedule 6
Electoral Amendment Bill 2018
Amendments moved by Ms Le Couteur
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Clause 11
Proposed new subdivision 14.4A.3
Page 14, line 26—
insert
Subdivision 14.4A.3 Gifts from gambling businesses
222J Ban on gifts from gambling businesses etc—less than $250
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a gambling business, a close associate of the gambling business or a person on behalf of the gambling business or close associate, gives 1 or more gifts to a political entity in a financial year; and
(b) the gift, together with any other gift made by the person in the financial year, is less than $250.
(2) The giver of the gift 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 giver of the gift and may be recovered by a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction.
222K Ban on gifts from gambling businesses etc—$250 or more
(1) A gambling business commits an offence if—
(a) the business gives a gift to a political entity; and
(b) the gift, together with any other gift made by the gambling business in the financial year, is $250 or more.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A close associate of a gambling business commits an offence if—
(a) the close associate gives a gift to a political entity; and
(b) the gift, together with any other gift made by the close associate in the financial year, is $250 or more.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person gives a gift to a political entity; and
(b) the gift is given on behalf of a gambling business or a close associate of a gambling business; and
(c) the gift, together with any other gift made by the person on behalf of the gambling business or close associate in the financial year, is $250 or more.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(4) A person commits an offence if the person asks another person to give a gift to a political entity on behalf of a gambling business or a close associate of a gambling business.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
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