6Meaning of parliamentarian

6 Meaning of parliamentarian

(1) For the purposes of this Act, parliamentarian means: (a) a senator; or (b) a member of the House of Representatives; or (c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or (d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or (e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or (f) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (e) or (g) who is covered by subsection (2) at a particular time; or (g) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (f) who held the office of Prime Minister. (2) A person is covered by this subsection at a particular time if: (a) the person was a senator or member of the House of Representatives immediately before an election period; and (b) the person is a candidate at the election to which the election period relates; and (c) the time is within the election period. (3) In this section:

election period, in relation to an election (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918), means the period:

(a) commencing on the day of issue of the writ for the election; and
(b) ending on the day of the declaration of the poll in the election.