Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, to seek election for the Parliament of the Commonwealth, a member--
(a) resigns the member's seat not later than 21 days after the issue of the writ for the election; and
(b) at the time of tendering the resignation, notifies the Speaker in writing of--
(i) the member's intention to seek his or her election as a Commonwealth member; and
(ii) the member's intention in the event of failing to secure his or her election as a Commonwealth member to become again a candidate for the vacancy in the member's seat in the Assembly arising because of the resignation.
(2) The issue of a writ for an election to fill the vacancy in the member's seat in the Assembly must be deferred until--
(a) if the member is elected as a Commonwealth member and a petition against the member's election or return as elected is not lodged within the time allowed for the lodging of that type of petition--the expiration of the time so allowed; or
(b) if the member is elected as a Commonwealth member and a petition against the member's election or return as elected is lodged within the time allowed for the lodging of that type of petition--the final decision on that petition; or
(c) if the member is not elected as a Commonwealth member and does not lodge a petition against the election or return as elected of another person as a Commonwealth member within the time allowed for the lodging of that type of petition--the expiration of the time so allowed; or
(d) if the member is not elected as a Commonwealth member and lodges a petition against the election or return as elected of another person as a Commonwealth member within the time allowed for the lodging of that type of petition--the final decision on that petition; or
(e) if the member is not nominated as a Commonwealth member, or if nominated does not consent to the nomination, within the time required for nomination under the laws of the Commonwealth--the expiration of that time.
(3) In this section--
Commonwealth member means a member of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.