45Application for registration

45 Application for registration

(1) An eligible political party may apply to the Commission to be registered if the political party had not made an application for registration within the previous 6 months that was refused by the Commission.

S. 45(1A) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 8(1).

(1A) An application for the registration of a political party cannot be made during the period commencing 115 days before the day of the 2018 general election resulting from the expiration of the Assembly, or during the period commencing 120 days before the day of any other general election resulting from the expiration of the Assembly.

(2) An application for the registration of an eligible political party must—

(a) be in writing, signed by the secretary of the political party; and

(b) set out the name of the political party; and

(c) set out the name and address of the person who is to be the registered officer of the political party for the purposes of this Act; and

(d) be accompanied by a copy of the constitution (however described) of the political party; and

(e) be accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the secretary stating that at least 500 members of the political party are—

(i) electors; and

(ii) members in accordance with the rules of the political party; and

(iii) not members of another registered political party or of a political party applying for registration; and

(f) be accompanied by a list, in a form determined by the Commission, of the names and addresses of at least 500 members of the political party who meet the requirements set out in paragraph (e); and

S. 45(2)(g) amended by No. 10/2004 s. 15(Sch. 1 item 6.1).

(g) be accompanied by a fee of 50 fee units.

S. 45(3) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 8(2).

(3) An application for the registration of an eligible political party may include a request that the Commission enter a logo submitted in relation to the political party in the Register of Political Parties for the printing of ballot-papers in accordance with section 74.

S. 45(4) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 8(2).

(4) An application under subsection (3) must include—

(a) a copy of the logo as a black and white image in a format determined by the Commission; and

(b) a declaration that the use of the logo will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person; and

(c) any other requirements as determined by the Commission.

S. 46 (Heading) amended by No. 30/2018 s. 9(1).