South Australian Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO 20 OF 2017) - SECT 11

11—Amendment of section 53—Nominations of candidates endorsed by political party

        (1)         Section 53(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         The registered officer of a registered political party may, after the issue of the writ for the election—

            (a)         nominate on a nomination paper a candidate endorsed by the party for election as a member of the House of Assembly or the Legislative Council; or

            (b)         nominate on the same nomination paper candidates endorsed by the party for election as members of the House of Assembly or the Legislative Council.

        (2)         Section 53(2)(b)—delete "in cash or a banker's cheque" and substitute:

to be paid in the prescribed manner

        (3)         Section 53—after subsection (10) insert:

        (11)         In this section—

"prescribed amount" means—

            (a)         in the case of a candidate nominating for election as a member of the House of Assembly—$1 000, or such lesser amount as may be prescribed by the regulations; or

            (b)         in the case of a candidate nominated for election as a member of the Legislative Council—the amount prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.