New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL FUNDING ACT 2018 - SECT 108

108 Determination of application to register groups

(cf section 37 EFED Act)

(1) The Electoral Commission may--

(a) register a group in the Register of Candidates for a general election, or

(b) refuse to register the group.

(2) The Electoral Commission must not register a group in the Register of Candidates for a general election if the application for registration of the group was received by the Electoral Commission after the day of nomination for the general election.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Electoral Commission may refuse to register a group if the Electoral Commission believes on reasonable grounds that any particulars in the application for registration of the group are incomplete or not correct, but may, if the Electoral Commission thinks fit, register the group despite any such defect.

(4) If the Electoral Commission refuses to register a group under subsection (3)--

(a) the Electoral Commission is, as soon as is reasonably practicable, to notify the group of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal, and

(b) the group may, within 30 days after the date of the notification by the Electoral Commission, amend the application for registration by including or substituting the relevant particulars, and

(c) the amended application is taken to have been received by the Electoral Commission when the original application was received by it.