ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 58

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 58

58—Grouping of candidates in Legislative Council election

        (1)         Subject to this section, if two or more candidates in a Legislative Council election apply under this section to have their names grouped together on the ballot paper, the names of those candidates must be grouped together on the ballot paper.

        (2)         An application under subsection (1)—

            (a)         must be in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner; and

            (b)         must be signed by all the candidates who are to be included in the group; and

            (c)         must set out the order in which the names of the candidates are to be included in the group; and

            (d)         must be received by the returning officer for the Legislative Council not later than the hour of nomination; and

            (e)         may contain a request for a group voting square for the group on the ballot paper.

        (3)         A candidate is not entitled to have his or her name included in more than one group.

        (4)         The number of candidates in a group must not exceed the number of candidates required to be elected at the particular election.