69Nomination of candidates

69 Nomination of candidates

(1) A person may only become a candidate for an election by nomination in accordance with this section.

(2) If a candidate is endorsed by a registered political party, there must be delivered to the Commission, after the issue of the writ and before noon of the day before the final nomination day, a nomination form in the prescribed form that—

(a) specifies the candidate's name and address as it appears on the register of electors; and

S. 69(2)(aa) inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 27(1).

(aa) in the case of a candidate for a Council election, specifies the suburb or locality in which is located the address in respect of which the candidate is enrolled; and

(b) is signed by the candidate and by the registered officer of the registered political party; and

(c) includes a declaration signed by the candidate that the candidate is qualified under the Constitution Act 1975 to be elected a member of the Assembly or the Council; and

(d) includes a statement specifying the form in which—

(i) the candidate's given name or given names; and

(ii) the registered political party's name—

are to be printed on the ballot-papers for the election.

(3) If a candidate is not endorsed by a registered political party, there must be delivered to the election manager, after the issue of the writ and before noon on the final nomination day, a nomination form in the prescribed form that—

(a) specifies the candidate's name and address as it appears on the register of electors; and

S. 69(3)(aa) inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 27(2).

(aa) in the case of a candidate for a Council election, specifies the suburb or locality in which is located the address in respect of which the candidate is enrolled; and

S. 69(3)(b) substituted by No. 2/2003 s. 27(2A) (as amended by No. 38/2005 s. 17).

(b) in the case of a candidate for an Assembly election, is signed by the candidate and by 6 persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated; and

S. 69(3)(ba) inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 27(2A) (as amended by No. 38/2005 s. 17).

(ba) in the case of a candidate for a Council election, is signed by the candidate and by 50 persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated; and

S. 69(3)(bb) inserted by No. 13/2022 s. 21.

(bb) includes a contact person for the candidate; and

(c) includes a declaration signed by the candidate that the candidate is qualified under the Constitution Act 1975 to be elected a member of the Assembly or the Council; and