For example— • if you are given a cheque, you receive the donation on the date that the cheque clears. • if a donation is transferred directly into your bank account you receive the donation on the date that you check your account or are notified of its receipt by the bank, whichever is earlier. • if you are given free goods or services – such as the provision of a computer free of charge, you receive the donation when you take ownership of the item Last updated 21 October 2021 W hen do you ‘accept’ a donation or loan for the purposes of PPERA’s permissibility controls (separate from registration under the Interests Act) Type Acceptance date Donation For the purposes of PPERA’s permissibility controls (rather than registration under the Interests Act), you are deemed to have accepted a donation 30 days from its initial receipt (if you haven’t returned it to the donor or forwarded it onto the Electoral Commission before then) or on the date you complete your permissibility checks and decide to keep the donation as the donor is permissible, whichever is the earlier.