Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00170:clause:1_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00170
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6
Character Range: 4447–5158

6  Section 7
Insert:
independent member, during the caretaker period for a general election, means a person:
 (a) who is not a member of a Parliamentary party; and
 (b) who intends to be a candidate in the general election, or in a Senate election held on the same day as the general election, without the endorsement of a political party; and
 (c) who, immediately before the caretaker period, was a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives because the person:
 (i) had been elected to the Senate or the House of Representatives without the endorsement of a political party; or
 (ii) had been chosen or appointed to fill a casual vacancy to the Senate without the endorsement of a political party.