COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 298G Application for reconsideration of decision to refuse a final claim

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 298G

  (1)   If a final claim is refused, in whole or in part, the agent of the registered political party, candidate or group to which the claim relates may apply to the Electoral Commission for the Electoral Commission to reconsider the decision.

  (2)   The application must:

  (a)   be in writing; and

  (b)   set out the reasons for the application.

  (3)   The application must be made within:

  (a)   28 days after the day on which the agent is notified of the refusal; or

  (b)   if, either before or after the end of that period of 28 days, the Electoral Commission extends the period within which the application may be made--the extended period for making the application.