60Notice of application for registration

#### 60 Notice of application for registration 60 Notice of application for registration > > (1) If, after carrying out any preliminary tests and inquiries with respect to an application for the registration of a party, the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the party may be an eligible party and the application may be duly made, the Electoral Commissioner must cause a notice to be published— > > > > > (a) in one or more newspapers circulating throughout New South Wales, and > > > > > (b) on the Electoral Commission’s website. > > > (2) The notice must— > > > > > (a) state that the application has been received, and > > > > > (b) request that any objections to the application be lodged with the Electoral Commissioner within 14 days after the date of publication of the notice. > > > (3) The notice must set out the particulars that are required by section 59 to be set out in the application and must state that the application can be inspected at a specified address. > > > (4) However, subsection (3) does not require the following particulars to be set out in the notice— > > > > > (a) the copy of the party’s written constitution, > > > > > (b) the following information— > > > > > > > (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, > > > > > > > (iv) a description of the party structure and of how the party manages its internal affairs, > > > > > > > (v) the procedure for selecting a person to hold an office in the party and for removing a person from office, > > > > > > > (vi) the names of the officers or members of the party responsible for ensuring the party complies with this Act and the [Electoral Funding Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-020), > > > > > (c) the addresses provided under section 59(2)(c)–(e), > > > > > (c1) the names and enrolled addresses provided under section 59(2)(i), > > > > > (d) the declarations of membership of those members, > > > > > (e) other particulars prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. > > > (5) The Electoral Commissioner must consider all objections received during the 14 day period, for the purpose of determining— > > > > > (a) whether the party referred to in the application is an eligible party, and > > > > > (b) whether the application was duly made, and > > > > > (c) whether the Electoral Commissioner should refuse to register the party. > > > (6) This section does not limit the matters that the Electoral Commissioner may take into consideration when determining the matters referred to in subsection (5). > > > (7) The Electoral Commissioner must not register the party until the 14 day period has expired and all the objections have been considered. > > > (8) The decision of the Electoral Commissioner on any such objection is final. > > > (9) This section extends to an amended application referred to in section 64 (6), unless the Electoral Commissioner is of the opinion that the amendment is of a minor nature only and does not warrant publication of a further notice under this section. > > **s 60:** Am 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[18\].