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Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 s 59

s 59 Return of anonymous political donations

59.—(1) Subject to this Act, where an anonymous political donation is offered to a politically significant person, and sections 56 and 57 prohibit the politically significant person from accepting (whether wholly or in part) that donation, the following requirements must be complied with:(a) if the donation was transmitted by a person (other than the donor) and the identity of that person is apparent, the whole donation must be returned to that person; (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply but it is apparent that the donor has, in connection with the donation, used any facility provided by an identifiable financial institution, the whole donation must be returned to that financial institution; (c) in all other cases, the whole donation must be sent to the competent authority. (2) Any amount collected by the competent authority under subsection (1)(c) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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