Political Donations Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
4. Excluded donations
Feedback & supportDespite section 3, the following are not regarded as donations:
the lawful transmission by a broadcaster, free of charge, of a party political broadcast;
the postage-free election communications provided to candidates pursuant to any written law;
the provision by an individual of his or her own services that he or she provides voluntarily and free of charge (even if they fall within the course of his or her normal work); (d)any interest accruing to a candidate or his or her election agent or a political association in respect of any donation that is dealt with by the candidate, election agent or political association (as the case may be) in accordance with section 9(2) or 15(2).
In the case of a candidate, the following are also not regarded as donations:
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate at an election or at a presidential election, and includes any person (whether or not a member of any political association) who, on or after the date of the issue of a writ for the election or presidential election (as the case may be) is declared, by the person or others, as seeking nomination as a candidate at that election or (as the case may be) presidential election;
any money or other property, or any services or facilities, provided out of public moneys for the personal security of the candidate;
where the candidate is the President or Prime Minister, a Minister, Parliamentary Secretary or Member of Parliament, any remuneration or allowances paid to the candidate in that capacity.
In subsection (1), “broadcaster” means a person who is licensed under the Broadcasting Act 1994 to provide broadcasting services.