New Zealand Legislation: Acts

127 Return of third party's election expenses

• (1) Within 70 working days after polling day, a third party's financial agent must file with the Electoral Commission a return setting out the third party's election expenses.

  (2) Every return filed under subsection (1) must be—

  • (a) in the form required by the Electoral Commission and include a statutory declaration made by the financial agent and the person who made the application for the third party listing, or his or her successor, each declaring that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief,—

    • (i) the return correctly sets out all the information required to be provided; and

    • (ii) a fair assessment has been made of the commercial value of any materials and advertising spaces used in third party advertisements; and

  • (b) accompanied by an auditor's report obtained under section 128, if required.