New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 74D

74D Duties of Electoral Commissioner on receipt of writ

(1) The Electoral Commissioner must, on receiving a writ under section 74C, endorse on it the date of its receipt, and as soon as is reasonably practicable publicly advertise (in such manner as the Electoral Commissioner thinks fit):

(a) the purport of the writ, and

(b) the day of nomination, the day of polling, and the return day mentioned in the writ, and

(b1) a facsimile number and an email address (to be appointed by the Electoral Commissioner) at which the Electoral Commissioner will receive nomination papers for the election to which the writ relates, and the time by which they must be received, and

(c) a place within the State (to be appointed by the Electoral Commissioner) at which the Electoral Commissioner will receive the nomination papers for the election to which the writ relates, and the time by which they must be received.

(3) The Electoral Commissioner must attend at all reasonable hours in the daytime, in the interval between the receipt of the writ and noon on the day of nomination, at the place appointed for receiving nomination papers.