Parliamentary Privilege Act 1898
3BDisqualification from holding office; vacation of office
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3B Disqualification from holding office; vacation of office
[Section 3B Inserted by No. 77 of 1979, s. 4 ]
(1) A person who is a member of a House of Parliament of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, or a candidate for election as a member of any such House of Parliament, is disqualified from being appointed as an officer under section 3 , and, if a person holding office as an officer under that section becomes a candidate for election as such a member, he shall vacate that office.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) , a person becomes a candidate for election as a member of a House of Parliament when he is nominated for election in accordance with the law regulating the election.
(3) An officer appointed under section 3 may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, apply to resign his office, and, on the acceptance of the application by the Governor, that office is vacated.