ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 12A Eligibility for appointment as member

Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

Eligibility for appointment as member

The Executive must not appoint a person as a member if the person—

(a) is or has, in the 10 years immediately before the day of the proposed appointment, been a member of—

(i) the Legislative Assembly; or

(ii) the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or

(iii) the legislature of a State or another Territory; or

(b) is or has, in the 5 years immediately before the day of the proposed appointment, been a member of—

(i) a registered party; or

(ii) a political party registered under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or

(iii) a political party.