Local Electoral Act 2001

109 Return of electoral expenses

• (1) Within 55 days after the day on which the successful candidates at any election are declared to be elected, every candidate at the election must transmit to the electoral officer a return setting out—

  • (a) the candidate's electoral expenses; and

  • (b) the name and address of each person who made an electoral donation to the candidate and the amount of each electoral donation; and

  • (c) if an electoral donation of money or of the equivalent of money is made to the candidate anonymously and the amount of that donation exceeds $1,000,—

    • (i) the amount of that donation; and

    • (ii) the fact that it has been received anonymously.

  (2) Every return under subsection (1) must be in the form prescribed in Schedule 2 or to similar effect.

  (3) If the candidate is outside New Zealand on the day on which the successful candidates are declared to be elected, the return must be transmitted by the candidate to the electoral officer within 21 days after the date of the candidate's return to New Zealand.

  (4) It is the duty of every electoral officer to ensure that this section is complied with.

  Compare: 1993 No 87 s 210(1)–(3)