61Individual voting tickets

61  Individual voting tickets

 (1) An *ungrouped candidate may lodge with the AEO a written statement that the candidate wishes voters in the election to indicate their preferences in relation to the candidates in the election in an order specified in the statement. The order specified must:

 (a) give preference to the candidate lodging the statement before any other candidate; and

 (b) show a number of preferences that is at least equal to the number of candidates to be elected.

 (2) A statement under subsection (1) must be lodged before the end of 48 hours after the *hour of nomination.

 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), a statement for the purposes of that subsection may specify an order of preferences by setting out the names of the candidates in the election to whom a preference is to be given with a number written or printed opposite the name of each candidate showing the order of preferences.

 (4) Where a candidate has lodged a statement under subsection (1), section 62 applies as if the candidate were a *group that had a group voting ticket registered for the purposes of the election, and as if the statement had been lodged under section 60.

 (5) The statement is taken to be an individual voting ticket, being the order of preferences given in that statement.