Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A person is ineligible to be nominated as a candidate for election to represent a division if –
(a) the person is –
(i) the holder of a seat in the other House of the Parliament of Tasmania; or
(ii) in the case of a nomination at a Council election, the holder of a seat in another Council division; or
(iii) in the case of a nomination at an Assembly by-election, the holder of a seat in another Assembly division; or
(b) the person is a candidate for an election in another division of either House for which the writ has not been returned; or
(c) the person is a Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
(2) A person is not ineligible under subsection (1)(a)(ii) to be nominated as a candidate for election to represent a Council division where his or her term of office as a Member is to cease at the election by the operation of a determination under section 29A(1) of the Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995.