59Application for registration

59 Application for registration

59 Application for registration

(1) An application for the registration of a party may be made to the Electoral Commissioner (in the form and manner approved by the Electoral Commissioner) by the secretary of the party.

(2) An application for the registration of a party must—

(a) set out the name of the party, and

(b) if the party wishes to be able to use an abbreviation of its name on ballot papers or electoral material—set out that abbreviation, and

(b1) if the party wishes to be able to use a logo on ballot papers or electoral material—include the following—

(i) a copy of the logo as a black and white image in a format determined by the Electoral Commissioner,

(ii) a declaration that the use of the logo will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person,

(iii) other requirements relating to the logo as determined by the Electoral Commissioner, and

(c) set out the name, and the enrolled address in New South Wales, of the individual who is to be the registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act, and

(d) set out the name, and the enrolled address in New South Wales, of the individual who is to be the deputy registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act, and

(e) set out the name, and the enrolled address in New South Wales, of the individual who is to be the secretary of the party for the purposes of this Act, and

(f) set out the address of the party headquarters in New South Wales, and

(g) include a copy of the written constitution of the party, and

(h) set out the following information (unless the information is already in the written constitution of the party)—

(i) the party’s objects,

(ii) the procedure for amending the party’s written constitution,

(iii) the rules for membership of the party, including the procedure for accepting a person as a member and ending a person’s membership,