Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a reference in this Act to the registered officer of a registered political party is a reference to the person shown in the Register of Political Parties as the registered officer of the party.
Note: A person must not be the registered officer or a deputy registered officer of more than one registered political party at a particular time (see subsection 126(2B)).
(2) A reference in Part XIV or XVI to the registered officer of a registered political party includes a reference to a person for the time being nominated by the registered officer of a party as a deputy registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act.
(3) A nomination under subsection (2):
(a) must be in writing, signed by the registered officer and lodged with the Commission; and
(b) must specify the name and address of the person nominated and bear the signature of that person; and
(ba) must include a signed declaration by the person nominated that subsection 126(2B) is not contravened by lodging the nomination of the person as the deputy registered officer; and
(c) may be revoked at any time by the registered officer by written notice lodged with the Commission.
(4) A nomination of a person as a deputy registered officer under subsection (2) is invalid if subsection 126(2B) is contravened by lodging the nomination of the person as the deputy registered officer.