Political Donations Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
6. Acceptance, receipt, etc., of donations: general
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donation
“donation”, in relation to a candidate at an election or at a presidential election, means —(a)any gift of money or other property to the candidate or his or her election agent;(b)any money spent (otherwise than by the candidate as permitted by any other written law) in paying any expenses incurred, directly or indirectly, by the candidate or by his or her election agent or any person authorised by his or her election agent;(c)any money lent to the candidate or his or her election agent otherwise than on commercial terms;(d)the provision otherwise than on commercial terms of any property, services or facilities (including the services of any person) to the candidate or his or her election agent; or(e)the provision of any sponsorship in relation to the candidate,that is given, spent, lent or provided (whether before or after he or she becomes a candidate) for the purposes of the candidate’s election.(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
by a candidate or his or her election agent if it is received and retained by the candidate or his or her election agent for the purposes of the candidate’s election; or
by a political association if it is received and retained by the political association for its use and benefit.
Where a donation is made to any candidate, election agent or political association by paying an amount into any account held by the candidate, election agent or political association with a financial institution, it is taken for the purposes of this Act to have been received by the candidate, election agent or political association at the time when the candidate, election agent or association (as the case may be) is notified in the usual way of the payment into the account.
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;