Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Act 2002 - SECT 51

Changes to Register of Political Parties

51. Changes to Register of Political Parties



(1) A registered political party may apply to the Commission for a change to
the Register of Political Parties by-

   (a)  changing the name of the political party to a name specified in the
        application; or

   (b)  substituting for the name of the registered officer entered in the
        Register the name of a person specified in the application; or





   (c)  substituting for the address of the registered officer of the
        political party that is entered in the Register another address
        specified in the application.

(2) An application under subsection (1) for a change to the Register of
Political Parties-

   (a)  must be in writing, signed by the secretary of the political party;
        and

   (b)  in the case of an application to substitute the name of a person as
        the name of the registered officer of a political party, may also be
        signed by the registered officer; and

   (c)  in the case of a change of name of the political party, must be
        accompanied by a fee of 50 fee units.



(3) In the case of an application under subsection (1) to change the name of
the political party, sections 46 to 49 apply in relation to the application as
if a reference in those sections to an application for registration were a
reference to an application for that change.

(4) If an application under subsection (1) to substitute the name of a person
for the name of the registered officer of a political party is not signed by
the registered officer, the Commission must-

   (a)  give the registered officer written notice of the application for the
        change and invite the registered officer, if the registered officer
        considers that there are reasons why the change should not be made, to
        submit written particulars of those reasons to the Commission within 7
        days after the date on which the notice was given; and

   (b)  consider any particulars submitted in response to the invitation
        referred to in paragraph (a).

(5) If the Commission determines that an application under subsection (1) may
be granted, the Commission must-

   (a)  change the Register of Political Parties accordingly; and

   (b)  give written notice to the political party that the Commission has
        made the change; and

   (c)  in the case of a change to the name of the political party in respect
        of which a person submitted particulars in response to the invitation
        referred to in section 49(2)(b) by virtue of subsection (3) of this
        section, give written notice to that person that the Commission has
        made the change, setting out in the notice to the person the reasons
        for rejecting the reasons particulars of which were submitted by the
        person; and

   (d)  in the case of an application to substitute the name of a person for
        the name of the registered officer of the political party, being an
        application in respect of which the registered officer submitted
        particulars under subsection (4)(a), give written notice to that
        registered officer that the Commission has made the change setting out
        the reasons for rejecting the reasons particulars of which were so
        submitted; and

   (e)  publish notice of the change in the Government Gazette.

(6) If the Commission determines that a political party's application under
subsection (1) should be refused, the Commission must give the political party
written notice of that determination.