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Volume 63, No. 3

26/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 25, 2020

B.C. Reg. 26/2020 , deposited February 19, 2020, under the ELECTION ACT [section 283]. Regulation of the Chief Electoral Officer, dated February 19, 2020.

Under the authority of

section 283 of the Election Act , after consultation with the Election Advisory Committee under that Act, the Chief

Electoral Officer orders that

(

a) the Political Party and Constituency Association Financial Reports Regulation,

B.C. Reg. 434/99, is repealed, and

(

b) the attached Political Party and Constituency Association Financial Reports

Regulation is made.

— A. BOEGMAN, Chief Electoral Officer .

POLITICAL PARTY AND CONSTITUENCY ASSOCIATION

FINANCIAL REPORTS REGULATION

Contents

Definition

Additional information to be included in annual financial report

Classes of income – registered political party

Classes of income – registered constituency association

Classes of expenditures

Definition

1 In this regulation, "Act" means the Election Act .

Additional information to be included in annual financial report

2 For the purposes of

section 207 (3) (

j) of the Act, an annual financial report for

a registered political party or registered constituency association must include the

following information for each fundraising function held by or on behalf of the organization

during the year:

(

a) details about income not reported as contributions, including the number of

tickets sold and the charge per ticket;

(

b) for specified fundraising functions, the information recorded under

section 190 (6)

of the Act.

Classes of income – registered political party

3 For the purposes of

section 207 (5) of the Act, the income of a registered political

party must be reported according to the following classes:

(

a) political contributions;

(

b) gross fundraising income not reported as political contributions;

(

c) transfers, referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act, received by the registered

political party;

(

d) interest and investment income;

(

e) product sales;

(

f) advertising income;

(

g) rental income;

(

h) reimbursement of election expenses;

(

i) annual allowance;

(

j) other income.

Classes of income – registered constituency association

4 For the purposes of

section 207 (5) of the Act, the income of a registered constituency

association must be reported according to the following classes:

(

a) political contributions;

(

b) gross fundraising income not reported as political contributions;

(

c) transfers, referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act, received by the registered

constituency association;

(

d) interest and investment income;

(

e) product sales;

(

f) advertising income;

(

g) rental income;

(

h) other income.

Classes of expenditures

5 For the purposes of

section 207 (5) of the Act, the expenditures made or incurred

by a registered political party or registered constituency association must be reported

according to the following classes:

(

a) accounting and audit services;

(

b) the following classes of advertising:

(

i) commercial canvassing in person, by telephone or by mobile device;

(ii) newspapers and periodicals;

(iii) promotional materials, including newsletters, brochures, buttons and novelty

items;

(iv) radio;

(

v) search engine marketing and optimization;

(vi) signs;

(viii) television;

(ix) website displays;

(

x) other forms of advertising;

(

c) amortization expense;

(

d) bad debt expense;

(

e) bank charges;

(

f) conventions, workshops and meetings;

(

g) donations and gifts;

(

h) fundraising functions;

(

i) furniture and equipment;

(

j) interest expense;

(

k) office rent, utilities, insurance and maintenance;

(

l) office supplies and stationery;

(

m) postage and courier;

(

n) professional services;

(

o) research and data, including election surveys and polls;

(

p) salaries and benefits;

(

q) social functions;

(

r) subscriptions and dues;

(

s) telecommunications and information technology;

(

t) transfers, referred to in

section 180 (6) of the Act, made by the registered

political party or registered constituency association;

(

u) travel;

(

v) other expenditures.

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