Electoral Disclosure and Funding Act 2023
101Variation and cancellation of registration
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101 Variation and cancellation of registration
(1) The Commission is to vary the particulars, set out in the Register of Candidates in relation to a person, in accordance with a notification provided by, or in accordance with the written request of, the person, unless the Commission believes on reasonable grounds that the varied particulars are not correct.
(2) The Commission, at the written request of a person, may cancel the registration of the person in the Register of Candidates.
(3) The Commission may, of its own accord or on request, omit any particulars from the Register of Candidates if it is satisfied that the particulars are not correct.
(4) The Commission may, of its own accord or on request, include any particulars in the Register of Candidates if it is satisfied that the particulars are correct.
(5) The Commission is to notify the person to whom particulars are set out in the Register of Candidates of any variations made to the Register of Candidates under this section, other than a variation of particulars as to whether the person is, or is not, an Assembly candidate endorsed by a registered party.
(6) The regulations may provide that subsection (1) does not apply to particulars or variations of a class or description prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.