Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, subject to subsection (2), a person shall be taken to have been endorsed as a candidate in an election by a registered political party if:
(a) the candidate is nominated by the registered officer of the party; or
(b) the name of the candidate is included in a statement, signed by the registered officer of the party, setting out the names of the candidates endorsed by the party in the election and lodged with the Electoral Commissioner before the close of nominations for the election; or
(c) the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied, after making such inquiries as the Electoral Commissioner thinks appropriate of the registered officer of the party or otherwise, that the candidate is so endorsed.
(2) For the purposes of sections 214 and 214A, if a person would, apart from this subsection, be taken to have been endorsed as a candidate in an election by more than one registered political party, the person is taken to have been endorsed:
(a) if the person is nominated by the registered officer of one, and only one, of the parties--by that party; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and a request is made under section 169 by the registered officer of one, and only one, of the parties--by that party; or
(c) if neither paragraph (a) nor (b) applies and the person notifies the Electoral Commissioner in writing of the person's endorsement by one, and only one, of the parties--by that party; or
(d) if none of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies--by the party that the Electoral Commissioner decides, after making such inquiries as the Electoral Commissioner thinks appropriate of the registered officers of the parties or otherwise, is the appropriate party.