LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.51
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.51
4.51 . Nominations, rejection of
(1) The returning
officer is to reject a nomination if —
(a) it
is not effective under section 4.49; or
(b) the
candidate is not an elector of the district or was not an elector of the
district as at the close of enrolments; or
(ba) as
at the close of enrolments, the candidate was not qualified to be elected as a
member of a council due to section 2.19(2); or
(bb) the
candidate is not qualified, or was not qualified as at the close of
enrolments, to be elected as a member of the council due to regulations made
for the purposes of section 2.19(2A); or
(c) in
the case of a candidate for election as a councillor, the candidate is not
eligible to be a candidate because of section 4.48(1)(b) or (c).
(2) If none of
subsection (1)(a), (b), (ba), (bb) or (c) apply the returning officer is to
accept the nomination.
(3) Despite subsection
(1)(a), if the profile of the candidate does not meet the requirements of
regulations, the returning officer may amend the profile to meet those
requirements and accept the nomination with the amended profile.
(4) If the returning
officer rejects a nomination or amends a profile the returning officer is to
give written notice of the decision, and the reasons for it, to the candidate
without delay.
[Section 4.51 amended: No. 49 of 2004 s. 40; No.
11 of 2023 s. 41.]