117Registration of official agent

117 Registration of official agent

(1)  The Commission is to register each official agent in relation to a person, including a person who is an official agent in relation to a person by virtue of section 114(7) or section 116 .

(2)  The Commission is to cancel the registration of a person as the official agent in relation to a person if –

(a) the first-mentioned person has ceased under section 115 to be the appointed official agent in relation to the person; or

(b) the first-mentioned person is deemed to be the official agent by virtue of section 116 and has ceased to be the official agent.

(3)  A person who is the appointed official agent in relation to a person who is a candidate, third-party campaigner, or significant political donor, in relation to an election is only taken to be the official agent in relation to the candidate, third-party campaigner, or significant political donor, in relation to that election.

(4)  Despite subsection (3) , if a person who was a candidate in relation to an election is elected at that election as a Member, the appointed official agent in relation to the person remains the official agent in relation to the person until the registration of the appointed official agent is cancelled under this Division or the person ceases to be a Member.