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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 292F Requirements for appointment or nomination

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 292F

Requirements for appointment or nomination

  (1)   An appointment of an agent under section   288 or 289, or a nomination of a financial controller under section   292E, must meet the following conditions (subject to subsection   (2)):

  (a)   the person appointed or nominated is an individual who is at least 18 years old;

  (b)   written notice of the appointment or nomination is given to the Electoral Commission:

  (i)   for an appointment made by a political party or a State branch of a political party--by the party or branch; and

  (ii)   for any other appointment--by the candidate, or each member of the group, making the appointment; and

  (iii)   for a nomination of a financial controller of a significant third party or associated entity--by the significant third party or associated entity nominating the financial controller;

  (c)   the name and full street address and suburb or locality of the person appointed or nominated are set out in the notice;

  (d)   the person appointed or nominated:

  (i)   has signed a form of consent to the appointment or nomination; and

  (ii)   has signed a declaration that he or she is eligible for appointment or nomination;

  (e)   for a nomination under section   292E--the person nominated meets the definition of financial controller in subsection   287(1).

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply in relation to a person who is taken to be an agent under subsection   289(2) or (4).

  (3)   A consent or declaration under subsection   (1) may be incorporated in, or written on the same paper as, a notice under that subsection.

  (4)   A person is not eligible to be:

  (a)   appointed as an agent of a political party, candidate or group; or

  (b)   nominated as a financial controller of a significant third party or associated entity;

if the person is convicted of an offence against this Part.

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