Parliamentary (Disclosure of Interests) Act 1996
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4 Primary returns
(1) [Section 4 Subsection (1) omitted by No. 41 of 2017, s. 5, Applied:01 Dec 2017] . . . . . . . .
(2) [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 41 of 2017, s. 5, Applied:01 Dec 2017] [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 8 of 2015, s. 14, Applied:15 May 2015] A person who becomes a Member, other than a re-elected Member, must lodge a primary return with the Clerk within 3 months after the day on which the Member takes the oath of allegiance as required under an Act to be taken in relation to the office of Member.
(3) A primary return –
(a) is to be in an approved form; and
(b) must contain the information specified in section 6 .