Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Part
—
election period , in relation to an election,
means the period commencing on the day of issue of the writ for the election
and ending on the last day for the return of the writ;
eligible political party means a political party
that has at least 500 members who are electors and that has a constitution
that specifies as one of its objects or activities the promotion of the
election to the Parliament of the State of a candidate or candidates endorsed
by it;
parliamentary party means a political party of
which at least one member is a member of the Assembly or the Council;
register of political parties means the register
kept under section 62D;
registered political party means a political party
that is registered in the register of political parties.
[(2) deleted]
(3) For the purposes
of this Part, if the Assembly has expired or been dissolved, a reference to a
member of the Assembly is a reference to a person who was a member of it
immediately before it expired or was dissolved.
(4) If a political
party (the State party ) is the branch or division for this State of a
political party (the parent body ) that is organised on a basis that includes
this State and another State or Territory or other States or Territories, the
reference to the constitution of the State party in the definition of eligible
political party in subsection (1) includes a reference to the constitution of
the parent body.
[Section 62C inserted: No. 36 of 2000 s. 63;
amended: No. 20 of 2021 s. 33.]