ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 79 Issue of writ to be delayed where member seeks election to Commonwealth Parliament
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 79
Issue of writ to be delayed where member seeks election to Commonwealth Parliament79 Issue of writ to be delayed where member seeks election to Commonwealth Parliament
If--
(a) a vacancy occurs in the Assembly by reason of a member resigning his or her seat for the purpose of seeking election to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, and
(b) the member resigns before the date of the issue of the writ for the Commonwealth election, and
(c) the member notifies the Speaker in writing of his or her intention to seek election to the Parliament of the Commonwealth and, in the event of failing to secure such election, to become again a candidate for that vacancy,the issue of the writ for the election of a member to fill that vacancy is to be delayed until the result of the Commonwealth election has been first officially declared by the returning officer for that election.