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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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(c) anything that may reasonably be regarded as the equivalent of an account;
“account restriction direction” means a direction described in section 34;
“anonymous donation” means a donation which the recipient is (whether because the donation is offered anonymously or by reason of deception or concealment) unable to ascertain the identity of the person giving the donation;
“anonymous donations directive” means a directive given under section 68;
“app” includes a computer program;
“app removal direction” means a direction given under section 37;
“applicable cap on anonymous political donations” has the meaning given by section 58(2);
“arrangement” includes a contract, an agreement, understanding or other arrangement of any kind, whether written or unwritten;
“authorised officer” means an individual who is appointed under section 107 as an authorised officer;
“benefit” includes any advantage and is not limited to property;
“bequest” includes any form of testamentary disposition;
“broadcasting service” has the meaning given by the Broadcasting Act 1994;
“candidate”, for an election, means—
(a) an individual who is nominated as a candidate at the election until the end of the 31st day after the results of the election are published; or
(b) an individual (whether or not a member of a political party) who, on or after the date of the issue of a writ for the election, is declared, by himself or herself or by others, as seeking nomination as a candidate at