31Nomination of candidate

31 Nomination of candidate (1) A person may be nominated as a candidate for election for a division only by: (a) if the person is nominated as the party candidate of a registered party for the division – the registered officer of that party; or (b) otherwise – 6 electors entitled to vote at the election in the (2) Only one person may be nominated as the party candidate for a registered party for the division for the election. (3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a change of the nomination if: (a) the registered officer of the registered party gives notice of the change to the Commission in the approved form before 12 noon on nomination day; and (b) the change results from any of the following: (i) the withdrawal of consent by the nominated party candidate for the division as mentioned in section 35(1); (ii) the withdrawal of the nomination of a person as the party candidate for the division as mentioned in section 35(2); (iii) the rejection of the nomination of a person as the party candidate for the division as mentioned in section 36(1);

Electoral Act 2004 23 (iv) the death of the nominated party candidate for the