107Appointment of party agents

107 Appointment of party agents

(1)  A registered party may apply to the Commission, in the approved manner and approved form, to appoint a natural person, who is a senior office holder of the party, to be the party agent in relation to the party.

(2)  An application under subsection (1) by a registered party for the Commission to appoint a natural person to be the party agent in relation to the party is to be accompanied by –

(a) a statement, signed by the natural person, that the natural person agrees to be appointed as the party agent in relation to the party; and

(b) a statutory declaration by the natural person as to whether the natural person is enrolled to vote at elections or is appointed to any office or position under the Electoral Act 2004 ; and

(c) a statutory declaration by the natural person stating whether the natural person has been –

(i) sentenced, in relation to an offence, to imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years; or

(ii) convicted of an electoral offence, within the meaning of the Electoral Act 2004 ; or

(iii) convicted of an offence under this Act or a law, of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, that is a law relating to the election of members of parliament; or

(iv) within the previous 10 years, convicted of an offence, committed as an adult, involving fraud or dishonesty –

and, if the natural person has been so sentenced or convicted in relation to an offence, setting out details of the offence; and

(d) a statement, signed by the natural person, that the natural person consents for the Commission to check whether the natural person has any convictions for an offence or whether there have been any findings of guilt made against the natural person in relation to an offence.

(3)  The following persons are not qualified to be party agents:

(a) a person who is not enrolled to vote at elections;

(b) a person who has been –