#### 71 Employees contesting State elections 71 Employees contesting State elections > > (1) If a person who is employed in any government sector agency is nominated for election to the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council, the person is to be granted leave of absence until the day on which the result of the election is declared. > > > (2) If the person is elected, the person is required to resign from the government sector agency concerned. > > > (3) Unless the person is entitled to leave with pay (and duly applies for that leave), any leave of absence under this section is to be leave without pay. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > government sector agency includes the service of a State owned corporation (or a subsidiary) or any service in which persons excluded from this Act by section 5 are employed. > > **s 71:** Am 2016 No 2, Sch 1 \[27\].

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