499.2. The leader or interim leader of the party, or the person designated in writing by the leader or interim leader, as applicable, shall communicate in writing to the Chief Electoral Officer the given name, surname and domiciliary address of every leadership candidate and the date on which the candidate entered the race.
The leader, the interim leader or the designated person shall also communicate in writing to the Chief Electoral Officer the given name, surname and domiciliary address of every financial representative of a leadership candidate and the name of the candidate on whose behalf the financial representative is acting. A document containing the written consent of each financial representative must also be filed.
For the purposes of this division, a person who has stated his or her intention to run as a leadership candidate and the person’s financial representative are presumed to have been, respectively, a candidate and the candidate’s financial representative from the time the intention was stated, even if that time was before the date on which the leadership campaign began.