Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
Part —
election period , in relation to an election,
means the period commencing on the day of issue of the writ for the election
and ending on the last day for the return of the writ;
eligible political party means a political party
that has at least 500 members who are electors and that has a
constitution that specifies as one of its objects or activities the promotion
of the election to the Parliament of the State of a candidate or candidates
endorsed by it;
member , in relation to a political party,
includes a person who is a member of a related political party;
parliamentary party means a political party of
which at least one member is a member of the Assembly or the Council;
register of political parties means the register
kept under section 62D;
registered political party means a political party
that is registered in the register of political parties;
related political party has the meaning given by
subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes
of this Part, 2 political parties are related political parties
if —
(a) one
is a part of the other; or
(b) both
are parts of the same political party.
(3) For the purposes
of this Part, if the Assembly has expired or been dissolved, a reference to a
member of the Assembly is a reference to a person who was a member of it
immediately before it expired or was dissolved.
(4) If a political
party (the State party ) is the branch or division for this State of a
political party (the parent body ) that is organised on a basis that includes
this State and another State or Territory or other States or Territories, the
reference to the constitution of the State party in the definition of
“eligible political party” in subsection (1) includes a
reference to the constitution of the parent body.
[Section 62C inserted by No. 36 of 2000
s. 63.]