Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, parliamentarian means:
(a) a senator; or
(b) a member of the House of Representatives; or
(c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
(d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
(e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
(f) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (e) or (g) who is covered by subsection (2) at a particular time; or
(g) a person not covered by any of paragraphs (a) to (f) who held the office of Prime Minister.
(2) A person is covered by this subsection at a particular time if:
(a) the person was a senator or member of the House of Representatives immediately before an election period; and
(b) the person is a candidate at the election to which the election period relates; and
(c) the time is within the election period.
(3) In this section:
"election period " , in relation to an election (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ), means the period:
(a) commencing on the day of issue of the writ for the election; and
(b) ending on the day of the declaration of the poll in the election.