New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS REGULATION 2020 - REG 60

60 Manner of nominating candidates

(1) A nomination of a candidate for election as a councillor must--

(a) be made by no fewer than 6 persons (other than the candidate), each of whom is entitled to vote in the election, and

(b) be in a form approved by the returning officer, and

(c) specify the form of the candidate's given name that should be printed on ballot-papers for the election, and

Note--: The form of a candidate's given name may only be that on the roll or in a form referred to in subclause (5).

(d) be signed by the candidate stating that the candidate consents to the nomination and is qualified to stand for election, and

(e) be accompanied by a statutory declaration by the candidate, in a form approved by the returning officer, that the candidate is not disqualified from holding office under section 132 of the Act, and

(f) be accompanied by a deposit of $50 paid in a manner approved by the returning officer, and

(g) be lodged with the returning officer before the close of nominations in the election.

(2) A person can only nominate one candidate in an election of a councillor for a Region.

(3) A nomination paper is not open for public inspection.

(4) A failure to comply with the requirements of subclause (1) in relation to the nomination of a candidate must be rectified by the candidate before the date fixed for the close of nominations.

(5) A given name of a candidate specified in a nomination paper under subclause (1)(c) as the form in which that name should be printed on ballot-papers for the election may differ from the candidate's given name as it appears on the roll only to the extent that the given name is specified by--

(a) an initial standing for that name, or

(b) a commonly accepted variation of the name (including an abbreviation or truncation of that name or an alternative form of that name), or

(c) a commonly used other name specific to the candidate by which the candidate is usually identified (if the returning officer is satisfied that the proposed name is a commonly used other name specific to the candidate by which the candidate is usually identified).