(1) In this
Division—
"half yearly entitlement"—see section 130U(2).
(2) For the purposes
of this Division, a person is taken to have been a member of the Parliament of
South Australia between the dissolution of the Parliament of which the person
was a member and the sitting of the next Parliament if the person—
(a) was
a member of the Parliament of South Australia at the time of the dissolution;
and
(b) is a
member of the next Parliament at the first sitting of that Parliament.
(3) For the purposes
of this Division—
(a)
2 or more registered political parties cannot rely on the same person in
relation to the entitlement to, and payment of, special assistance funding;
and
(b) a
person who is relied on by 2 or more registered political parties may
nominate the party entitled to rely on the person, but if a party is not
nominated after the Electoral Commissioner has, in accordance with the
regulations, given the person an opportunity to do so, the person is not
entitled to be relied on by any of those parties.