Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A candidate in an election (including a member of a group of candidates) may appoint a person to be the agent of the candidate, for the purposes of this Part, in relation to the election.
(2) Subject to subsection (2A), the members of a group of candidates in an election may appoint a person to be the agent of the group, for the purposes of this Part, in relation to the election.
(2A) Where all the members of a group of candidates in a Senate election have been endorsed by the same registered political party, the agent of the State branch of the party organised on the basis of the State or Territory in which the election is to be held is the agent of the group, for the purposes of this Part, in relation to the election.
(3) During any period during which there is no appointment in force under subsection (1) of an agent of a candidate, the candidate shall be taken to be his or her own agent for the purposes of this Part.
(4) During any period during which there is no appointment in force under subsection (2) of an agent of a group, the candidate whose name is to appear first in the group in the ballot papers shall be taken to be the agent of the group for the purposes of this Part.