131Registers for by-elections

131 Registers for by-elections

131 Registers for by-elections

(cf section 51 EFED Act)

(1) The Electoral Commission is to keep 3 registers, to be called the Register of Candidates, the Register of Third-party Campaigners and the Register of Official Agents respectively, for the by-election.

(2) The registers may be established on a date determined by the Electoral Commission and published on its website but must be established by the following days—

(a) in the case of a State election—the day of the issue of the writ for the by-election,

(b) in the case of a local government election—the day for the close of the roll of electors for the by-election.

(3) Subject to this Act, the registers are to be kept in the manner and form determined by the Electoral Commission.

(4) The provisions of Divisions 2, 4 and 6 apply to and in respect of the Register of Candidates, the Register of Third-party Campaigners and the Register of Official Agents for the by-election in the same way as they apply to and in respect of the Register of Candidates, the Register of Third-party Campaigners and the Register of Official Agents under those Divisions, and apply as if—

(a) in the case of a State election, references to groups were omitted, and

(b) references to a general election were references to the by-election, and

(c) any other necessary adaptations were made.