27Mode of nomination

27  Mode of nomination

 (1) A nomination may be in the *approved form and must set out the name and place of residence of the candidate, or each candidate, nominating.

 (2) A nomination may name a candidate only by specifying the surname and the given name, or one or more of the given names, under which the candidate appears on the *list of electors.

 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a given name may be specified by specifying:

 (a) an initial standing for that name; or

 (b) a commonly accepted variation of that name (including an abbreviation or truncation of that name or an alternative form of that name).

 (4) A nomination must include a statement of the form in which the candidate’s name or candidates’ names, as the case may be, is or are to be printed on the ballot‑paper and the *list of candidates in the election.

 (5) Nothing in this Act is to be taken as requiring a person whose address is not shown on the *Roll because of section 106 of the CEA to set out his or her address on a nomination paper.

 (6) A candidate who does not set out his or her address on a nomination form must provide the AEO with an address for correspondence.