7Form of nomination

7 Form of nomination (1) A nomination must: (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state the name and residential address under which the nominee is enrolled; and (ba) state the name the nominee wishes to have printed on the ballot paper; and (c) state the office for which the nominee is a candidate; and (d) include a statement that the nominee consents, if elected, to act in the capacity in which the nominee is nominated as a candidate for election; and (e) be signed by the nominee; and

Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 6 (f) be signed by at least one other person who is enrolled to vote in the local government area for which the nominee is nominating. Examples for subregulation (1)(c) 1 If the principal member of the council is to be elected at the election, the form must state whether the nominee is a candidate for election as principal member or ordinary member of the council (or both). 2 If the local government area is divided into wards and the nominee is a candidate for election as an ordinary member of the council, the nomination form must state the ward for which the nominee is a candidate. (2) Despite subregulation (1)(b), if the enrolled address of a nominee is suppressed, the nomination is not required to state the address but the nomination must instead state a postal address for correspondence. (3) For subregulation (1)(ba), the name the nominee wishes to have printed on the ballot paper must be: (a) the name stated under subregulation (1)(b); or (b) the surname stated under subregulation (1)(b) and: (i) one or more of the given names stated under subregulation (1)(b); or (ii) an initial or initials standing for the given name or names stated under subregulation (1)(b); or (iii) a commonly accepted variation of the given name stated under subregulation (1)(b), such as an abbreviation, truncation or alternative form of the name; or (iv) a commonly used name specific to the nominee by which the nominee is usually identified; or (v) a combination of no more than 2 of the names, initials or variations specified in subparagraphs (i) to (iv). (3A) For subregulation (3)(b)(iv), the returning officer may require the nominee to produce evidence to the satisfaction of the returning officer that the proposed name is a commonly used name specific to the nominee by which the nominee is usually identified. (4) A nomination must be accompanied by: (a) a declaration, in the approved form, to the effect that the nominee is eligible for election in the capacity in which the nominee is a candidate; and

Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 7 (b) a recent photograph of the nominee that is a full faced vertical portrait of the nominee's head and shoulders. (5) The returning officer may accept a photograph of a nominee that does not comply with subregulation (4)(b) if the returning officer is satisfied the nominee is readily recognisable in the photograph. (6) If a local government area is divided into wards, the same person is not entitled to be a candidate for election in more than one ward.