Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016:clause:1_13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00016
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 13
Character Range: 18957–20406

13  Subsection 287(1)
Insert:
peak representative body means an entity in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied:
 (a) the majority of the entity's income is payments made by the members, branches or affiliates (however described) of the entity;
 (b) none of the members, branches or affiliates (however described) of the entity is a natural person except:
 (i) an officeholder of the entity who is a non‑financial member, branch or affiliate of the entity; or
 (ii) a person who is a non‑financial member, branch or affiliate of the entity in their capacity as an officeholder of a body corporate or another organisation; or
 (iii) an honorary non‑financial member, branch or affiliate of the entity;
 (c) the entity operates for the sole or dominant purpose of representing the shared interests of the members, branches or affiliates (however described) of the entity;
 (d) the majority of the entity's income is not used for the purpose of incurring electoral expenditure or making gifts for the purpose of incurring electoral expenditure;
 (e) the entity was formed in Australia, or incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or a Territory.
Note: A peak representative body represents the shared interests of other organisations, and may also be a significant third party, an associated entity or a third party.
Senate‑only election means a Senate election not held concurrently with a general election.