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is a registered officer of 2 or more registered parties, the Commission must, as soon as practicable after that commencement, give the person notice in writing informing the person of the terms of subsection (2).

  (2) A registered party is liable to de-registration if:

    (a)     on the day on which this Act commences, the party's registered officer is the registered officer of 2 or more registered parties; and

    (b)     the Electoral Commission has given a notice under subsection (1) to the registered officer; and

    (c)     at the end of the period of 30 days immediately after the day on which the Commission gave that notice, the party's registered officer is a registered officer of 2 or more registered parties.

(3) If a registered party becomes liable to de-registration, the Electoral Commission must:

  (a)     de-register the party;

    (b)     give written notice of the de-registration to the person who was the last registered officer of the party; and

    (c)     cause the particulars on the Register of Political Parties that relate to that party to be cancelled; and

  (d)     publish a notice of the de-registration in the Gazette.

                  SCHEDULE 1 Subsection 12 (1)

 AMENDMENTS OF MODIFICATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

Modification of subsection 4 (1):

  (a) Before paragraph (a) of the modification, insert:

           "(aa) Omit the definition of 'Register of Political Parties', substitute:

          ' "Register of Political Parties" means the Australian Capital Territory Register of Political Parties established under section 13 of the Territory Electoral Act;'.".

    (b) Omit ", 'Register of Political Parties'" in paragraph (a) of the modification.

Modification of subsection 134 (1):

   Add at the end:

   "(c) Omit paragraph (f).".

Modification of subsections 137 (1), (2) and (3):

  (a) Omit substituted subsection (1), substitute:

     "(1) If the Commission is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a registered party:

        (a)     has ceased to exist (whether by amalgamation with another political party or otherwise); or

      (b)     has ceased to be an eligible political party; or

        (c)     was, or has continued to be, registered because of fraud or misrepresentation;

     the Commission must:

        (d)     give the registered officer of the party notice, in writing, that it is considering de-registering the party under this section, setting out its reasons for considering doing so; and

        (e)     publish a notice in the Gazette that it is considering de-registering the party under this section.".

  (b) Omit "(a)" in subsection (2), substitute "(d)".

Modification of paragraph 170 (c):

  Omit "$100", substitute "$250".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Modification of subsection 239 (1):

  Omit "whom" in substituted paragraph (1) (b), substitute "which".

Modification of paragraphs 268 (1) (b) and (c):

    (a)     Omit "vote" in substituted paragraph (b), substitute "preference mark".

  (b)    Add at the end:

          "(cb)