Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPart 1 -- Transitional provisions
1 Requirement to register in relation to pre - existing arrangements
If, at the time the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018 commences, a registrable arrangement is in existence between a person and a foreign principal, the person must register under the scheme no later than whichever of the following days occurs first:
(a) the day that is 3 months after the day that Act commences;
(b) the day that is 14 days after the day, or the earlier of the days, on which writs are issued for a general election or a Senate election (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ).
2 Section 10 (definition of electoral donations threshold )
Omit "$13,500", substitute "the disclosure threshold within the meaning of Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ".
3 Section 10 (after paragraph ( d) of the definition of general political lobbying )
Insert:
(e) a person or entity that is registered under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as a political campaigner;
4 At the end of subsection 12(1)
Add:
; (g) processes in relation to a person or entity registered under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as a political campaigner.
5 At the end of section 12
Add:
Examples of processes in relation to registered political campaigner
(7) For the purposes of paragraph ( 1)(g), the following are examples of processes in relation to a person or entity registered under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 as a political campaigner:
(a) processes in relation to the campaigner's:
(i) constitution; or
(ii) platform; or
(iii) policy on any matter of public concern; or
(iv) administrative or financial affairs (in his or her capacity as a campaigner, if the campaigner is an individual); or
(v) membership; or
(vi) relationships with foreign principals;
(b) the conduct of the campaigner's campaign in relation to a federal election or designated vote;
(c) the selection (however done) of officers of the campaigner's executive or delegates to its conferences;
(d) the selection (however done) of the campaigner's leader and any spokespersons for the campaigner.