New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 57

57 Interpretation

(1) In this Part--

"address" does not include a postal address that consists of a post office box number.

"eligible party" means (subject to subsection (2)) a party--

(a) that has at least 750 members, and

(b) that is established on the basis of a written constitution (however expressed).

"member" of a party means a member of the party who is enrolled under this Act.

Note : A 16 or 17 year old person who is enrolled under this Act may be counted as a member of the party for the purposes of this Part.

"secretary" of a party means the person who holds the office (however expressed) the duties of which involve responsibility for the carrying out of the administration, and for the conduct of the correspondence, of the party.

(2) Two or more parties cannot rely on the same member for the purpose of qualifying or continuing to qualify as an eligible party. The following provisions apply accordingly--

(a) a member who is relied on by 2 or more parties may nominate the party entitled to rely on the member, but if a party is not nominated after the Electoral Commissioner has (in accordance with the regulations) given the member an opportunity to do so, the member is not entitled to be relied on by any of those parties,

(b) the members on whom a registered party relies may be changed at any time by an amendment of the Register of Parties,

(c) the registration of a party is not to be cancelled because of this subsection unless the party is given an opportunity by the Electoral Commissioner (in accordance with the regulations) to change the members on whom it relies.