(1) An appointment of an agent under section 175B, 175C (1) or 175D (1) has no effect unless ¾

(a) the person appointed is a natural person who has attained the age of 18 years;

(b) notice of the appointment, setting out the name and address of the person appointed, is given to the Electoral Commissioner by the political party, the candidate, or each person included in the group, making the appointment; and

(c) the person appointed has signed a form of consent to the appointment and a declaration of eligibility for appointment.

(2) The notice under subsection (1) (b) shall be in an approved form incorporating the consent and declaration under subsection (1) (c).

(3) Where a person who is the agent of a political party, of a candidate, or of a group is convicted of an offence against this Part in relation to a particular election, the person is not eligible to be appointed or hold office as an agent in relation to any subsequent election.

(4) An appointment of an agent under section 175C (1) or 175D (1) is not effective in relation to anything required by this Part to be done ¾

(a) in respect of a return under this Part in relation to an election; or

(b) during a prescribed period after polling day in an election,

if notice of the appointment was given to the Electoral Commissioner after 6 p.m. on the day before polling day in the election.

[Section 175E inserted by No. 75 of 1992 s.4; amended by No. 36 of 2000 s.60.]