New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 66D

66D Application for registration

(1) An application for the registration of a party may be made to the Electoral Commissioner (in the form and manner approved by the Electoral Commissioner) by the secretary of the party.

(2) An application for the registration of a party must:

(a) set out the name of the party, and

(b) if the party wishes to be able to use an abbreviation of its name on ballot papers or electoral material-set out that abbreviation, and

(c) set out the name and address of the natural person who is to be the registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act, and

(d) set out the name and address of a natural person (if any) who is to be a deputy registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act, and

(e) set out the address of the party headquarters in New South Wales, and

(f) be accompanied by a copy of the constitution of the party, and

(g) set out the names and addresses (as enrolled) of 750 electors who are members of the party and on whom the party relies for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible party, and

(g1) be accompanied by declarations of membership of the party (in the form prescribed by the regulations) completed and signed by the members on whom the party relies for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible party, and

(h) state whether or not the party wishes to be registered for the purposes of the Election Funding Act 1981 , and

(i) set out such other particulars (or be accompanied by such other documents) as are required by the regulations or the approved form of application.

(2A) An application for the registration of a party may include an additional list of names and addresses of electors who are members of the party (and accompanying declarations) to supplement the required list of 750 electors who are members of the party in the event that the Electoral Commissioner determines that the party is not entitled to rely on any person named in the application as a member of the party.

(3) An application for the registration of a party must be accompanied by a fee of $2,000.

(4) On receipt of an application for the registration of a party, the Electoral Commissioner may carry out preliminary tests and inquiries (including any test or inquiry referred to in section 66G) to determine whether the party is an eligible party and the application is duly made.