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Electoral Act 2004
31Nomination of candidate
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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);
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(iv) the death of the nominated party candidate for the