ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 91 Notification and publication of applications
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 91
Notification and publication of applications(1) If the commissioner receives an application for the registration of a political party, the commissioner must prepare written notice of the application.
(2) The notice must—
(a) state the following particulars:
(i) the name of the political party;
(ii) any abbreviation of the name of the party that the party intends to use for this Act;
(iii) the name and address of the person nominated to be the registered officer of the party;
(iv) the name and address of the secretary of the party; and
(b) state that a copy of each of the following is available for public inspection at the commissioner's office:
(i) the application;
(ii) the party's constitution;
(iii) if the application was accompanied by a notice under section 89 (1) (h)—the notice; and
(c) state that written objections to the application may be given to the commissioner within 14 days after the day the notice is notified under the Legislation Act 2001
.
(3) The notice is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act 2001
.
(4) The commissioner must give additional public notice of the notice required under this section.
Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act
, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (4) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.
(5) The commissioner must make a copy of each of the following available for public inspection at the commissioner's office:
(a) the application;
(b) the party's constitution;
(c) if the application was accompanied by a notice under section 89 (1) (h)—the notice.