Regulated fundraising event organized by registered party

(1) If a registered party organizes all or part of a regulated fundraising event for its own financial benefit or for the financial benefit of one of its registered associations, nomination contestants, candidates or leadership contestants, the registered party shall publish the information set out in subsection (2) in a prominent location on its Internet site for the period beginning five days before the day the regulated fundraising event takes place and ending at the time the event starts.

Information

(2) The information to be published under subsection (1) and provided under subsection (3) is the following:

(a) the date, time and location of the regulated fundraising event;

(b) the name of each entity or person referred to in paragraph 384.1(1)(a) for whose financial benefit the event is organized;

(c) the name of each person referred to in subparagraph 384.1(1)(b)(i) who will be attending the event;

(d) the total amount of contributions that a person will be required to have made, or the amount that they will be required to have paid, in order to attend the event; and

(e) the contact information of an individual who may be contacted and from whom further information about the event may be obtained.

Regulated fundraising event not organized by registered party

(3) If a regulated fundraising event is organized entirely by one or more persons or entities other than the registered party for whose financial benefit the event is organized, or for the financial benefit of whose registered association, nomination contestant, candidate or leadership contestant the event is organized, each person or entity that organizes the event or any part of it shall provide the information set out in subsection (2) to the registered party in time for the registered party to be able to publish the information as required under subsection (4).

Registered party to publish information

(4) If at least one person or entity referred to in subsection (3) complies with the obligation under that subsection — to provide information to the registered party in time for the registered party to be able to publish it — the registered party shall publish that information in a prominent location on its Internet site for the period beginning five days before the day the regulated fundraising event takes place and ending at the time the event starts.

Registered party to notify Chief Electoral Officer

(4.1) If a registered party is required to publish information under subsection (1) or (4), it shall also notify the Chief Electoral Officer of the regulated fundraising event no later than five days before the day the event takes place.

Updating published information

(5) If a registered party referred to in subsection (1) or (4) becomes aware, after publishing information under this section, of any change to that information, the registered party shall replace the old information on its Internet site with the new information as soon as feasible after becoming aware of the change.

Updating information provided

(6) If a person or entity referred to in subsection (3) becomes aware, after providing information to a registered party under this section, of any change to that information, the person or entity shall provide the new information to the registered party as soon as feasible after becoming aware of the change.

Updating published information

(7) If new information is provided to a registered party under subsection (6), the registered party shall replace the old information on its Internet site with the new information as soon as feasible after being provided with it.

Exception — election period

(8) Subsections (1) to (7) do not apply in respect of a regulated fundraising event that takes place during the election period of a general election.

2018, c. 20, s. 2.