180Refunds of deposits

180 Refunds of deposits (1) The Commission must refund the deposit paid under section 69 to a candidate who— (a) retired before the election was held; or (b) died before 6 p.m. on election day; or (c) was a candidate in a failed election; or (d) was declared elected; or S. 180(1)(e) amended by No. 2/2003 s. 40A(a) (as amended by No. 38/2005 s. 20). (e) was not declared elected but received at least 4% of the total number of first preference votes in the election; or S. 180(1)(f) inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 40A(b) (as amended by No. 38/2005 s. 20). (f) was not declared elected but was a member of a group of candidates at a Council election and the combined first preference votes received by all the candidates in the group was at least 4% of the total number of first preference votes in the election. (2) The deposit paid by a candidate to whom subsection (1)(b) applies must be refunded to the candidate's personal representative. S. 180(3) inserted by No. 38/2005 s. 11. (3) Subject to subsection (2), the deposit paid under section 69 must be refunded to— (a) the person who paid the deposit; or (b) the person authorised in writing by the person who paid the deposit.