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Electoral Act 2002
207CAgent of associated entity, third party campaigner or nominated entity
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207C Agent of associated entity, third party campaigner or nominated entity
(1) An associated entity may appoint a person to be an agent of the associated entity.
(2) During any period in which there is no appointment in force under subsection (1) of an agent of an associated entity, the financial controller of the associated entity is to be taken to be the agent of the associated entity.
(3) A third party campaigner may appoint a person to be an agent of the third party campaigner.
(4) During any period in which there is no appointment in force under subsection (3) of an agent of a third party campaigner—
(a) if the third party campaigner is a natural person, the third party campaigner; or
(b) in any other case, the financial controller of the third party campaigner—
is to be taken to be the agent of the third party campaigner.
(5) The registered officer of a registered political party is taken to be the agent of the nominated entity of the registered political party, if the registered political party has a nominated entity.
(6) In this section, ***financial controller*** means, if the associated entity or third party campaigner—
(a) is a corporation, the secretary of the corporation; or
(b) is a trustee of a trust and the trustee is a natural person, the trustee; or
(c) is neither a corporation nor a trustee of a trust who is a natural person, the person responsible for keeping the financial records of the associated entity or third party campaigner.
S. 207D inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 47(1).