Clause 29

by deleting the word “named” in subsection (1) and substituting the word “appointed”;

by deleting the word “name” in subsection (2) and substituting the word “appoint”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A), the following subsections:“(2B) Where there is no appointment in force under subsection (1), (2) or (2A) of any election agent of a candidate for an election, the candidate must be treated, and so far as circumstances admit and subject to the provisions of this Act —

as a candidate, as an election agent and the principal election agent for that election; and

as appointed as an election agent and the principal election agent for that election and deemed so declared under subsection (3),and any reference in this Act to an election agent or the principal election agent is construed to refer to the candidate acting in his or her capacity as an election agent or the principal election agent (as the case may be) by virtue of this subsection.(2C) Where there is no appointment in force under subsection (2A) of the principal election agent for a candidate in an election, but there are appointments of 20 or fewer election agents under subsection (1) or (2) in force, the election agent determined in accordance with paragraph (a), (b) or (c) (whichever being applicable) must be treated as appointed as the principal election agent for that candidate in relation to that election and deemed declared under subsection (3) as the principal election agent:

where the appointments of those election agents are all declared under subsection (3) using an electronic system approved by the Returning Officer for the election — the election agent named in the declaration made earliest in time by the candidate;

where the appointments of those election agents are all declared under subsection (3) using the form approved by the Returning Officer for the election — the election agent whose name appears first on top in the vertical list of election agents so declared;

where the appointments of those election agents are declared under subsection (3) using a mix of an electronic system and the form approved by the Returning Officer for the election —

the election agent named in the first declaration made using the electronic system and before any other declaration using the approved form; or

the election agent named in the declaration made using the approved form and before any other declaration using the electronic system or, if more than one election agent is named in such a declaration made using the approved form, the election agent whose name appears first on top in the vertical list of election agents so declared.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “to the Returning Officer” in subsection (3), the words “using an electronic system or a form approved by the Returning Officer for the election”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “so declared” in subsection (3A), the words “or deemed declared”; and

by deleting the word “Nomination” in the section heading and substituting the word “Appointment”.