LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.52

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.52

4.52 .         Information about candidates to be published

        (1)         In this section —

        relevant information , in relation to a candidate, means —

            (a)         the following details —

                  (i)         the candidate’s name;

                  (ii)         the name to appear on the ballot paper;

                  (iii)         the ward (if any) in respect of which the candidate has nominated;

                  (iv)         the office for which the candidate has nominated;

                  (v)         the type of election in which the candidate has nominated;

                and

            (b)         the profile that accompanied the candidate’s nomination paper under section 4.49(b) (as amended under section 4.51(3) if relevant); and

            (c)         any information that accompanied the candidate’s nomination paper under section 4.49(ba); and

            (d)         any other prescribed information.

        (2)         If a nomination is accepted, the returning officer must ensure that the candidate’s relevant information is published on the local government’s official website.

        (3)         A candidate’s relevant information must be kept on the local government’s official website —

            (a)         if section 4.55 or 4.57(2)(a) applies — until the result is declared under section 4.77; or

            (b)         otherwise — until 6 p.m. on election day.

        (4)         Regulations may do either or both of the following —

            (a)         make provision in relation to how a candidate’s relevant information must be published on the local government’s official website under this section;

            (b)         make provision for a candidate’s relevant information, or any part of a candidate’s relevant information, to be published, or otherwise made available to electors, in ways in addition to its publication on the local government’s official website under this section.

        [Section 4.52 inserted: No. 11 of 2023 s. 42.]