LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 19
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 19
19—Manner in which nominations are made
(1) A person who is
eligible to be a candidate for election to an office of a council may nominate
(or, in the case of a nominee of a body corporate or group, be nominated) in
the prescribed manner as a candidate for election to the office.
(2) The nomination
must be accompanied by—
(a) a
declaration of eligibility made by the candidate; and
(b) a
profile of the candidate that complies with the regulations; and
(c)
other information and material required by the regulations.
(3) A profile under
subsection (2) may include a photograph of the candidate (that complies
with the regulations).
(4) A nomination must
be lodged with the returning officer not earlier than 14 days before the day
on which nominations close.
(5) The
returning officer must cause a note to be made of the date and time of the
receipt of a nomination form under this section.
(6) The
returning officer may reject a nomination if in the opinion of the
returning officer the name under which the candidate is nominated—
(a) is
obscene; or
(b) is
frivolous; or
(c) has
been assumed for an ulterior purpose.
(7) The
returning officer must reject a nomination if it appears to the
returning officer that the nominated candidate has already been nominated for
election to another vacancy (by a nomination lodged with the
returning officer) and that the earlier nomination has not been withdrawn
before the lodging of the nomination.