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Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 · Updated to 5 Dec 2025 · Part 6 · Countermeasures for Other Activities

77. When to make foreign affiliations report

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), disclosure of every reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party during a reporting period must be given to a competent authority —

(a)

in relation to a disclosure of arrangements or agreements to which a candidate is during the pre‑election period (as defined in section 76) for that election a party — no later than 2 clear days before nomination day of that election;

(b)

in relation to a disclosure of arrangements or agreements to which an election agent of a candidate is party — no later than the 31st day after the results of that election are published; and

(c)

in any other case — no later than 31 January of the year following the year in which the reporting period ends.

(2)

Regulations may prescribe a longer period for the purposes of subsection (1).

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