Return of National Party donations for the
1996 year
The Electoral Commission will not be taking
any further action about donations Fay Richwhite made to the
National Party in 1996.
The Chief Executive of the
Commission, Paul Harris, said today that the Director
General of the National Party had confirmed that two
separate cheques were received by Mr Geoff Thompson in his
capacity as National Party President, the first on 6 March
1996 and the second on 29 March 1996.
Dr Harris said the
law requiring disclosure of donations made to registered
political parties came into force on 1 April 1996 and did
not cover donations received by or on behalf of a party
before that date.
He said that the information provided by
National’s Director General shows that the donations from
Fay Richwhite did not need to be included in the National
Party’s return of national donations for
1996.
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