Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:clause:3_287:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 287 (pt 5/6)
Character Range: 624762–627211

Division 2) to a State branch of a political party is a reference to the party; and
 (b) a reference to the agent of a State branch of a political party is:
 (i) a reference to the agent of the party in respect of the relevant State or Territory; or
 (ii) if the party does not have an agent in respect of that State or Territory—a reference to the agent of the party.
 (5) For the purposes of this Part, the amount or value of a gift consisting of or including a disposition of property other than money shall, if the regulations so provide, be determined in accordance with principles set out or referred to in the regulations.
 (6) For the purposes of this Part:
 (a) a body corporate and any other body corporate that is related to the first‑mentioned body corporate shall be deemed to be the same person; and
 (b) the question whether a body corporate is related to another body corporate shall be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is related to another corporation is determined under the Corporations Act 2001.

Branches of significant third parties and third parties
 (8) A significant third party or third party that has branches is, for the purposes of this Part, to be treated as a single significant third party or third party.
Note: See also section 287C (entities that are not incorporated).

When a person is a candidate or part of a group
 (9) For the purposes of this Part:
 (a) a person who is a candidate in an election is taken to begin to be a candidate on the earlier of the following days:
 (i) the day the person announced that the person would be a candidate in the election;
 (ii) the day the person nominated as a candidate in the election; and
 (b) a group is taken to begin to be a group in an election on 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 the candidate or group ceases to be a candidate or group at the end of 30 days after the polling day in the election.
Note: This subsection is subject to subsections 302D(5) and (6), 302F(7) and (8), 304(10) and (11), 305A(6) and (7), 306A(7A) and (7B), 306B(3) and (4), 307(3), 309(6) and (7) and 313(3).

Formal first preference group votes
 (9A) To avoid doubt, a formal first preference vote includes a vote given for a group in a square printed on the ballot paper above the line.
Note: A square numbered 1 for a group above the line is