Page:Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021.pdf/106

106 :::(ii) the period starting on the day the person is first designated a politically significant person on or after the appointed day, and ending on (and including) 31 December of the same year in which the period starts;
 * “reporting period” means—
 * (a) for a candidate at an election or such a candidate’s election agent, the following periods:
 * (i) the pre-election period of the election;
 * (ii) the post-election period of the election; or
 * (b) for any other politically significant person, the period of 12 months starting 1 January and ending 31 December in any year,
 * and includes an initial reporting period.

When disclosure of reportable political donations to be made

63.—(1) Subject to this Act, disclosure of reportable political donations received and accepted by or on behalf of a politically significant person must be given to a competent authority as follows:
 * (a) for a disclosure of reportable political donations received and accepted during the pre-election period for that election, no later than 2 clear days before nomination day of that election;
 * (b) for a disclosure of reportable political donations received and accepted during the post-election period for that election, no later than the 31st day after the results of the election are published;
 * (c) for a disclosure of reportable political donations received and accepted by a politically significant person within a year, no later than 31 January in the following year;
 * (d) otherwise, no later than 31 January in the year following the year in which the political donation was received.