Keane J 26. 79 The term "registered party" is defined by s 4(1) to mean a "party registered ... for the purposes of" the EFED Act. Donations 80 Section 95B(1) provides that it is "unlawful ... for a person to accept a political donation to a party, elected member, group, candidate or third-party campaigner if the donation exceeds the applicable cap on political donations." 81 The proscription in s 95B(1) is directed at the receipt of money for the purposes of electoral campaigns for State Parliament. Section 95B(2) provides that the capping of donations does not apply to political donations "to be paid into (or held as an asset of) an account kept exclusively for the purposes of federal or local government election campaigns." This point is reinforced by s 95AA(2), which provides that a reference in Div 2A "to an election is a reference that relates to a State election"; and a reference "to an elected member, or to a candidate or other person is a reference that relates to a member of [the New South Wales] Parliament or to a candidate or other person in connection with a State election." 82 Section 95A prescribes the applicable caps on political donations. It is sufficient to note that s 95A(1) provides that: "The applicable cap on political donations is as follows: 83 (a) $5,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of a registered party, (b) $2,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of a party that is not a registered party, (c) $2,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of an elected member, (d) $5,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of a group, (e) $2,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of a candidate, (f) $2,000 for political donations to or for the benefit of a third-party campaigner." Section 95A(4) provides that "a candidate's contribution to finance his or her own election campaign is not a political donation and is not included in the applicable cap on political donations to the candidate."

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