Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 27244–28702

6  Meaning of parliamentarian
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, parliamentarian means:
 (a) a senator; or
 (b) a member of the House of Representatives; or
 (c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
 (d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
 (e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
 (f) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (e) or (g) who is covered by subsection (2) at a particular time; or
 (g) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (f) who held the office of Prime Minister.
 (2) A person is covered by this subsection at a particular time if:
 (a) the person was a senator or member of the House of Representatives immediately before an election period; and
 (b) the person is a candidate at the election to which the election period relates; and
 (c) the time is within the election period.
 (3) In this section:
election period, in relation to an election (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918), means the period:
 (a) commencing on the day of issue of the writ for the election; and
 (b) ending on the day of the declaration of the poll in the election.