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2018-53 - General

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Current to 1 January 2024
NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2018-53
under the
Transparency in Election Commitments Act
(O.C. 2018-174)
Filed June 5, 2018
Under section 24 of the Transparency in Election Commitments Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
Citation
1This Regulation may be cited as the General Regulation – Transparency in Election Commitments Act.
Definition of “Act”
2In this Regulation, “Act” means the Transparency in Election Commitments Act.
Disclosure statement
3(1)A disclosure statement described in paragraph 4(2)(a) or (b) of the Act that is filed and published by a registered political party shall include, in addition to the information set out in the Act, the following information:
(a) a description of the election commitment;
(b) each significant assumption made in determining the cost estimate or maximum cost statement, as the case may be;
(c) the sources of information used in preparing the cost estimate or maximum cost statement, as the case may be; and
(d) the computations done to prepare the cost estimate or maximum cost statement, as the case may be.
3(2)A disclosure statement referred to in subsection (1) shall be signed by the official representative of the registered political party or, if the official representative designates the chief agent in accordance with subsection 4(5) of the Act, by the chief agent.
Notice of administrative penalty
4(1)If a registered political party is subject to an administrative penalty under the Act, the Supervisor shall serve a notice of administrative penalty on the official representative of the party
(a) in person, in the manner in which personal service may be made under the Rules of Court, or
(b) by registered mail to the address to which communications intended for the party may be addressed and may be found in the Registry of Political Parties in accordance with paragraph 133(1)(d) of the Elections Act.
4(2)Service by registered mail shall be deemed to have been effected five days after the date the notice of administrative penalty is deposited in the mail.
4(3)The notice of administrative penalty shall include the following information:
(a) the name of the registered political party and the name of the official representative required to pay the administrative penalty;
(b) the provision of the Act that the registered political party violated or failed to comply with and the date on which the violation or failure to comply occurred;
(c) the amount of the administrative penalty; and
(d) when and how the administrative penalty shall be paid.
Amount of administrative penalty
5The amount of an administrative penalty shall be $500.
Payment of administrative penalty
6(1)An official representative who receives a notice of administrative penalty shall pay the administrative penalty set out in the notice within 15 days after being served with the notice.
6(2)An administrative penalty shall be remitted to the Supervisor who shall transfer the amount to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
2019, c.29, s.155
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to December 20, 2019.