56ACandidates dis-endorsed during election campaigns

56A Candidates dis-endorsed during election campaigns

56A Candidates dis-endorsed during election campaigns

(1) This section applies to State elections.

(2) A party agent of a registered party may, by written notice given in an approved way, notify the Electoral Commission the party has dis-endorsed a candidate.

(3) The party agent of the registered party must give a copy of the notice to the candidate.

(4) On and from the receipt of the notice by the Electoral Commission, the following applies—

(a) despite section 14(1)(d) and (e), the person responsible for making a disclosure required under this part for the candidate is the candidate and not the party agent of the registered party,

(b) for a candidate in an Assembly general election—

(i) the applicable cap for the party is not reduced to exclude the candidate’s electoral district, and

(ii) the applicable cap for the candidate remains the amount under section 29(6),

(c) for a candidate in a periodic Council election—the applicable cap for the candidate is the amount under section 29(8).

(5) A written notice given under subsection (2) is not invalid because of a failure to comply with subsection (3).

(6) The regulations may make further provision dealing with the consequences of the giving of notices under this section.

s 56A: Ins 2026 No 6, Sch 2[19].