Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 5/7)
Character Range: 29770–32613

the organization; and
 (b) a part of a part of the organization.
police officer means a member of the Australian Federal Police or of the police force of a State or Territory.
political entity means any of the following:
 (a) a registered political party;
 (b) a State branch (within the meaning of Part XX) of a registered political party;
 (c) a candidate (within the meaning of that Part) in an election (including a by‑election);
 (d) a member of a group (within the meaning of that Part).
Note: For candidates and groups, see subsection 287(9).
Political party means an organization the object or activity, or one of the objects or activities, of which is the promotion of the election to the Senate or to the House of Representatives of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it.
Polling booth means a building, structure, vehicle or enclosure, or a part of a building, structure, vehicle or enclosure, provided at a polling place, in pursuance of paragraph 203(1)(a), for the purpose of taking votes during polling.
polling official means a deputy presiding officer or an assistant presiding officer.
Polling place means a place appointed as a polling place in pursuance of section 80.
pre‑poll declaration vote: see subsection 200AA(2).
pre‑poll ordinary vote: see subsection 200AA(2).
pre‑poll voting office for an election means a place declared by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection 200BA(1) to be a pre‑poll voting office for the election.
pre‑poll voting officer means:
 (a) an Assistant Divisional Returning Officer; or
 (b) an officer appointed under section 200B.
prescribed authority means:
 (a) the Agency Head of an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999) that is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this definition; or
 (b) the chief executive officer of an authority of the Commonwealth that is specified in regulations made for the purposes of this definition.
provisionally enrolled has the meaning given by subsection (1B).
provisional vote means a vote cast under section 235.
qualification checklist means the checklist in Form DB of Schedule 1.
real place of living includes the place of living to which a person, when temporarily living elsewhere, has a fixed intention of returning for the purpose of continuing to live at that place.
Registered medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under the law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners.
Registered political party means a political party that is registered under Part XI.
Register of Political Parties means the Register of Political Parties established under section 125.
Registrar‑General:
 (a) of a State, the Australian Capital Territory (not including a non‑self‑governing Territory) or the Northern