New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 151GA

151GA Registration of electoral matter involving joint voting directions

(1) Assembly elections Nothing in section 151G prevents the Electoral Commissioner from registering under that section electoral material to which section 151G (8) applies that contains directions or suggestions (express or implied) as to how to vote in accordance with the joint voting directions of two or more participants in respect of one or more electoral districts, so long as:

(a) one or other of the participants has nominated a candidate for each one of the districts, and

(b) the material does not direct or suggest that a candidate nominated by none of the participants should be given the first preference vote, and

(c) the application for registration of the material was made jointly by the registered officer or official agent (as the case may be) of each participant, and

(d) the application for registration of the material otherwise complies with the relevant requirements of section 151G (apart from subsection (8) (c)).

(2) Council elections Nothing in section 151G prevents the Electoral Commissioner from registering under that section electoral material to which section 151G (8) applies that contains directions or suggestions (express or implied) as to how to vote in accordance with the joint voting directions of two or more participants in respect of a periodic Council election, so long as:

(a) each of the participants has nominated at least one candidate for the election, and

(b) the material does not direct or suggest that a candidate or candidates nominated by none of the participants should be given the first or highest preference or preferences, and

(c) the application for registration of the material was made jointly by the registered officer or official agent (as the case may be) of each participant, and

(d) the application for registration of the material otherwise complies with the relevant requirements of section 151G (apart from subsection (8) (d)).

(3) Concurrent elections Nothing in section 151G or this section prevents the registration of one set of electoral material that contains material of the kind referred to in both subsections (1) and (2) involving the same participants and relating to elections being held concurrently.

(4) Definition of “participant” In this section:
"participant" means a political party registered under Part 4A or a group of candidates registered under the Election Funding Act 1981 .