Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 51

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 51

51. After section 70 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Multiple nominations prohibited

''70A. (1) Where-

   (a)  a day is fixed as the polling day for 2 or more elections under this
        Act; and

   (b)  at the hour of nomination there exist nominations of a person for 2 or
        more of those elections,
each of those nominations is invalid.

''(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), where a person has consented to act
if elected in relation to a nomination in relation to an election and the
person withdraws that consent under section 80 before the hour of nomination,
the nomination of the person for the election shall be taken to have ceased to
have effect at the time when the person withdrew that consent.''.