Register of non-prohibited donors
Register of determinations under section 56 of the Electoral Funding Act 2018 that a person is not a prohibited donor
Under the Electoral Funding Act 2018, persons and entities from certain industry groups are prohibited from making political donations. These persons and entities are called prohibited donors. It is unlawful to make a political donation on behalf of a prohibited donor, to accept a political donation from a prohibited donor or to solicit a person on behalf of a prohibited donor to make a political donation.
A person or entity can make an application with the NSW Electoral Commission for a determination that a person or entity is not a prohibited donor for the purposes of the ‘prohibited donor’ laws. The NSW Electoral Commission is required to publish a register of determinations. Determinations are in place for 12 months, can be revoked by the NSW Electoral Commission and while the determination is in place the person or entity is lawfully entitled to make political donations subject to the other rules that apply to political donations.
A determination that a person or entity is not a prohibited donor is made according to the law as it applies at the time the determination is made. As the law on prohibited donors has been amended from time to time, the fact that a person or entity has been determined not to be a prohibited donor in the past should not necessarily be taken as an indication of their current status.
Name of person or entity |
Type of entity |
Date of determination |
Expiry of determination |
Notes on determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pacific Social Housing Pty Limited |
Australian proprietary company limited by shares – Special purpose company for charitable purposes only (as defined under Regulation 3 of the Corporations (Review Fees) Regulation 2003 (Cth)) |
15 June 2022 |
15 June 2023 |
This company is for charitable purposes only. Its constitution requires the company to:
A company for charitable purposes only is a type of not-for-profit entity that will not be a prohibited donor under section 51 of the Electoral Funding Act 2018 [‘the Act’], provided that it does not carry on a business mainly concerned with the residential or commercial development of land with the ultimate purpose of the sale or lease of the land for profit, so as to be a “property developer” under section 53(1)(a) of the Act. |
Randwick Labor Club Limited
|
Registered club pursuant to the provisions of section 10(1) of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 and section 19 of the Liquor Act 2007 |
31 May 2019 |
31 May 2020 |
At the time that this determination was made, a registered club was a type of not-for-profit entity that was not a prohibited donor under section 51 of the Electoral Funding Act 2018 (“the Act”) as it then applied, provided it:
Since July 2023, the definition of “prohibited donor” has been expanded to include registered clubs in certain other circumstances. For more information, visit the Unlawful political donations page. |