97Applications for registration of candidates

97 Applications for registration of candidates

(1)  A person who is an intending candidate in relation to an election may apply to the Commission to be registered, as a candidate in relation to the election, in the Register of Candidates in relation to the election.

(2)  An application under subsection (1) in relation to a person who is an intending candidate in relation to an election must –

(a) be made in the approved manner and the approved form; and

(b) be received by the Commission –

(i) before noon on the nomination day for the election; and

(ii) where the election is an Assembly election, after the polling day for the previous Assembly general election, or, where the election is a Council election for a division, after the polling day for the Council periodic election for the division; and

(c) set out the following particulars:

(i) the full name and enrolled address of the person;

(ii) the election in relation to which the person intends to be a candidate;

(iii) the party, if any, of which the person is a member;

(iv) the House of Parliament in relation to which the person is intending to be a candidate;

(v) the address of the intending candidate’s campaign headquarters in Tasmania, if any;

(vi) other particulars, if any, prescribed by the regulations;

(vii) other particulars that the Commission thinks fit; and

(d) if the person is intending to be an Assembly candidate and is intending to be endorsed by a registered party, be accompanied by a signed statement, from the party agent in relation to the registered party, that the registered party intends the person to become an Assembly candidate endorsed by the registered party.