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Article: Legal Update: New Disclosure Requirements For Political Donations And Gifts.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- September 17, 2008
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The Local Government and Planning Legislation Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2008 (NSW), due to commence on 15 September 2008, will introduce far-reaching obligations on proponents of development to disclose political donations. Councils will have new obligations to receive and make publicly available the disclosed information, and must now record how Councillors vote on applications.
How does this affect you? Disclosure of political donations and gifts will now be required in a number of situations:
when submitting a planning application, applicants will be required to disclose gifts and political donations made by them (or by a ...