South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) After considering
all objections to an application for registration of a political party
submitted under this Part, the Electoral Commissioner must determine the
application.
(2) An application for
the registration of a political party must be refused if, in the opinion of
the Electoral Commissioner, the name of the party or the abbreviation of its
name (if any) that it wishes to be registered—
(a)
comprises more than 6 words; or
(b) is
obscene; or
(c) is
the name, or is an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of another
political party (not being a related political party) that is a parliamentary
party or a registered political party; or
(d) so
nearly resembles the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of
another political party (not being a related political party) that is a
parliamentary party or a registered political party that it is likely to be
confused with or mistaken for that name, abbreviation or acronym; or
(e)
comprises the words "Independent Party" or comprises or contains the
word "Independent" and—
(i)
the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a
parliamentary party or a registered political party; or
(ii)
matter that so nearly resembles the name, or an
abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a parliamentary party or a
registered political party that the matter is likely to be confused with or
mistaken for that name or that abbreviation or acronym.
(3) An application for
the registration of a political party may be refused if, in the opinion of
the Electoral Commissioner, the name of the party, or the abbreviation (if
any) of the name, that it wishes to be registered, is the name, or an
abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a prominent public body, or so nearly
resembles the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a prominent
public body that it is likely to be confused with that name, abbreviation or
acronym.
(4) Where a writ for
an election has been issued, a political party must not be registered during
the election period.
(5) Where
the Electoral Commissioner decides that a political party should be
registered, he or she must—
(a)
register the party by entering in the Register—
(i)
the name of the party; and
(ii)
if an abbreviation of the name of the party was set out
in the application—that abbreviation; and
(iii)
the name and address of the person who has been nominated
as the registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) give
written notice to the applicant that he or she has registered the party; and
(c) if
any person or persons submitted objections to the application—give
written notice to the objector or objectors that he or she has registered the
party, setting out in the notice to each objector the reasons for rejecting
the objection; and
(d)
publish in the Gazette notice of the registration of the party.
(6) Where
the Electoral Commissioner decides that an application for the registration of
a political party should be refused, he or she must give the applicant written
notice of—
(a) the
refusal; and
(b) the
reasons for the refusal; and
(c) the
rights of the applicant to appeal against the decision of the
Electoral Commissioner.