83Requirements for nomination

83 Requirements for nomination

83 Requirements for nomination

(1) A person is qualified to be nominated as a candidate for an election, unless disqualified under the Constitution Act 1902 or this Act, if the person is enrolled as at 6 pm on the date of issue of the writ for the election.

(2) To be a candidate at any election, a person must be nominated by—

(a) one of the following—

(i) the registered officer of a registered party,

(ii) if the registered officer is dead, has become a mentally incapacitated person or is otherwise unavailable due to an emergency—the deputy registered officer of a registered party,

(iii) if the registered officer and deputy registered officer are both dead, have become mentally incapacitated persons or are otherwise unavailable due to an emergency—the secretary of a registered party, or

(b) in relation to an election for a district—at least 25 persons, each of whom is enrolled for the district as at 6 pm on the date of issue of the writ for the election, or

(c) in relation to a periodic Council election—at least 25 persons, each of whom is enrolled as at 6 pm on the date of issue of the writ for the election.

(3) An elector must not nominate more than one candidate for an electoral district or more than one candidate for a periodic Council election.

s 83: Am 2026 No 6, Sch 1[33].