AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Electoral Amendment Act 2000
No 50 of 2000
	
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1992
[Notified in ACT Gazette No. 39:  28 September 2000]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Electoral Amendment Act 2000.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3 	Act amended
	This Act amends the Electoral Act 1992.
4 	Annual returns by parties and MLAs
	Section 230 is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:
“(3) 	For paragraph (2) (a), an amount received by, or on behalf of, an independent MLA is a reference to a gift received by the MLA in his or her capacity as an MLA.
Examples of amounts not required to be stated in a return under s 230
1		Income derived in a private capacity eg interest on bank accounts and dividends on shares.
2	Salary, allowances and other benefits (including superannuation benefits) as an MLA.
3	A gift given to the MLA in a private capacity for his or her personal use eg a birthday gift from a family member.”. 
	
Endnote
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 31 March 1999.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 29 August 2000]

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