What the official record says
This Act is the Parliamentary Service Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This act amends the Parliamentary Service Act 2000. The following sections are inserted after section 9: If a person vacates the office of member of Parliament under section 54(1)(b) or (2)(b) of the Electoral Act 1993 at the close of a polling day but is a candidate in the general election concerned, applies to him or her at any time if (and only if) the time is between the close of the polling day and— in the case of a person who is a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives representing an electoral district, the day on which a person (whether that person or some other person) is declared elected to represent the district : in the c