55EDefinitions

1. For the purposes of sections 55A to 55D, unless the context otherwise requires,—

   parliamentary leader, in relation to a political party, means—

   1. the member of Parliament recognised for the time being as the parliamentary leader of the political party by the majority of parliamentary members of that party; or
   2. the member of Parliament for the time being acting as the parliamentary leader of that party

   political party for which the member of Parliament was elected means,—

   1. in the case of a member elected to represent an electoral district, the political party that nominated the member as a constituency candidate; and
   2. in the case of a member of Parliament elected from a party list submitted under section 127, or declared to be elected under section 137(4) to supply a vacancy, the political party on whose list the member’s name appeared.