Senators’ Elections Act 1903
4ADate of nomination
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4A Date of nomination
4A Date of nomination
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the date fixed for the nomination of the candidates shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 27 days after the date of the writ.
(2) Where a candidate for an election dies, after being nominated and before 12 o’clock noon on the day fixed as the date of nomination for the election, the day fixed as the date of nomination for the election shall, except for the purposes of section 4B, be taken to be the day next succeeding the day so fixed.
s 4A: Ins 1984 No 112, Sch 1 (2). Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.24 [1].