48Order of candidates on ballot-paper

48 Order of candidates on ballot-paper

(1) The election manager must as soon as practicable after 12 noon on nomination day hold a ballot by lot whether manually or by electronic means to determine the order in which the name of each candidate is to appear on the ballot-paper.

(2) If in the opinion of the election manager a similarity in the names of 2 or more candidates is likely to cause confusion, the election manager may arrange for the names of the candidates to be printed with a description or addition to distinguish them from each other.

(3) Despite subregulation (2), a ballot-paper must not contain any reference to the allegiance of a candidate to any political party or other cause or to the fact that a candidate has no such allegiance.

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to the name of a candidate.

Division 2—Issue of postal ballot materials