ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 41

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 41

41—Publication of notice of application

        (1)         Where an application for registration is lodged with the Electoral Commissioner, the Electoral Commissioner must publish notice of the application in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating generally in the State.

        (2)         A notice under subsection (1) in relation to an application must—

            (a)         set out—

                  (i)         particulars of the name of the party and of any abbreviation of that name that the party desires to use for the purposes of this Act; and

                  (ii)         the name of the applicant; and

            (b)         invite any elector who desires to object to the application to submit a written objection, containing particulars of the grounds of the objection, to the Electoral Commissioner within 1 month after the date of the publication of the notice in the Gazette.

        (3)         An objection submitted to the Electoral Commissioner in response to an invitation under subsection (2)—

            (a)         must be signed by the objector; and

            (b)         must set out the postal address of the objector.