Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 35 of 1987 - SECT 19

19. Section 166 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

"(1) A nomination may be in Form C, CA, CB, CC, D or DA in the Schedule, as
the case requires, and shall:

   (a)  set out the name, place of residence and occupation of the candidate
        or each candidate; and

   (b)  be signed by:

        (i)    not less than 6 persons entitled to vote at the election for
               which the candidate is, or the candidates are, nominated; or

        (ii)   by the registered officer of the registered political party by
               which the candidate has, or the candidates have, been endorsed
               for that election."; and

   (b)  by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:

"(4) A nomination shall include a statement of the form in which the
candidate's name or candidates' names, as the case may be, is or are to be
printed on the ballot-papers for the election.

"(5) Where:

   (a)  persons to be nominated as candidates in a Senate election wish to
        have their names grouped in the ballot-papers; and

   (b)  those persons have been endorsed for that election by different
        registered political parties;
the nominations of the candidates may be combined in such manner as the
Electoral Commission approves.".