Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025:clause:1_52
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 52
Character Range: 23807–25082

52  After subsection 126(2A)
Insert:

A person must not be a registered officer etc. of more than one registered political party
 (2B) A person must not, at a particular time, be:
 (a) the registered officer of more than one registered political party; or
 (b) a deputy registered officer of more than one registered political party; or
 (c) the registered officer of one registered political party and a deputy registered officer of another registered political party.
The registration of a political party is not to be cancelled because of this subsection unless the Electoral Commission has taken action to determine whether the party should be deregistered because of paragraph 137(1)(cc).
Note: The registered officer of a registered political party may be changed at any time under paragraph 134(1)(g).
 (2C) Subsection (2B) does not prevent a person from being both:
 (a) the registered officer or a deputy registered officer of a registered political party for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) the registered officer or a deputy registered officer (however described), for the purposes of an Act of a State or Territory or an Ordinance of an external Territory, of a political party or a branch of a political party.

Electoral Commission to deal with application