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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 181A Publication of qualification checklist etc. on website

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 181A

Publication of qualification checklist etc. on website

  (1)   As soon as practicable after nominations for an election are declared under section   176, the Electoral Commissioner must (subject to subsection   (3) of this section) publish the following documents on the Electoral Commission's website:

  (a)   the qualification checklist in the nomination of a person whose name is declared under that section;

  (b)   any additional documents that the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied were provided by the person, together with the nomination, in accordance with subsections   170B(1), (2) and (3).

Note:   Certain laws do not apply in relation to personal information included in a document published under this section (see section   181C).

  (2)   The documents must remain available to the public until a petition disputing the election or return can no longer be filed under section   355.

  (3)   The Electoral Commissioner may decide not to publish a document under this section, or to remove a document published under this section from the Electoral Commission's website, if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the publication of the document is unreasonable, unacceptable, inappropriate or offensive.

Note:   The Electoral Commissioner may also omit, redact or delete information from documents under section   170B.

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