Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:clause:3_309:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 309 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 749316–750285

section.
 (6) Despite subsection 287(9), for the purposes of this section, a person who is a candidate in an election:
 (a) is taken to begin to be a candidate in the election on the earlier of the following days:
 (i) the day that is 6 months before the day the person announced that the person would be a candidate in the election;
 (ii) the day that is 6 months before the day the person nominated as a candidate in the election; and
 (b) is taken to cease to be a candidate in the election at the end of 30 days after the polling day in the election.
 (7) Despite subsection 287(9), for the purposes of this section, a group:
 (a) is taken to begin to be a group in an election on the day that is 6 months before the day the members of the group make a request under section 168 for their names to be grouped in the ballot papers for the election; and
 (b) is taken to cease to be a group in the election at the end of 30 days after the polling day in the election.