Official agent

An official agent is the person who is legally responsible for the management and disclosure of political donations and electoral expenditure for an associated entity or third-party campaigner. A person can be an agent for more than one electoral participant.

Responsibilities of an official agent

An official agent’s legal obligations include:

• accepting political donations made to a third-party campaigner or associated entity and pay those political donations into the campaign account of the third-party campaigner or associated entity
• making payments for electoral expenditure for a third-party campaigner or associated entity from the campaign account of the third-party campaigner or associated entity
• maintaining complete and accurate records of political donations and electoral expenditure for a third-party campaigner or associated entity
• issuing receipts to those who make a reportable political donation to the third-party campaigner or associated entity (NSW Electoral Commission receipt books must be used. Contact us to order receipt books.
• lodging with the NSW Electoral Commission all required disclosures of political donations made and received and electoral expenditure incurred by the associated entity or third-party campaigner
• providing with a relevant disclosure of political donations a copy of all receipts issued to those people who made a reportable political donation to the associated entity or third-party campaigner
• providing with a relevant disclosure of electoral expenditure a copy of all invoices or receipts and a copy of the advertising or printed material for all electoral expenditure (except copies of advertising or printed material for expenditure for online advertising where a transaction was $20 or less).