Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00134:clause:1_46
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00134
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 46
Character Range: 19455–20543

46  At the end of section 305A
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 (6) Despite subsection 287(9), for the purposes of this section, a person who is a candidate in an election or by‑election:
 (a) is taken to begin to be a candidate in the election or by‑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 or by‑election;
 (ii) the day that is 6 months before the day the person nominated as a candidate in the election or by‑election; and
 (b) is taken to cease to be a candidate in the election or by‑election at the end of 30 days after the polling day in the election or by‑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.