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Title

Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

a Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, and for related purposes

Date

14-02-2022 10:59 AM

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

46

Bill Number

32/22

Bill Type

Private

Portfolio

 

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Not Proceeding

System Id

legislation/bills/r6850_first-reps/0000


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Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022

2019-2020-2021-2022

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022

 

No.      , 2022

 

(Mr Wilkie)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , and for related purposes

   

   

Contents

1............................ Short title............................................................................ 1

2............................ Commencement................................................................. 1

3............................ Schedules........................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Disclosure threshold                                                                                3

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                           3

Schedule 2—Real-time disclosure of donations                                                   4

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                           4

Schedule 3—Prohibited donors                                                                                   10

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                         10

Schedule 4—Capping donations                                                                                  18

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                         18

Schedule 5—Definition of gift                                                                                       22

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                         22

Schedule 6—Capping electoral expenditure                                                        26

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                         26

Schedule 7—Penalties                                                                                                        36

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918                                                                         36

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Act 2022 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this Act

The first 1 July occurring after the 28th day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.