Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An existing party
may, in the period of 12 months beginning on commencement day, make an
application to the Electoral Commissioner under this section (an application
for continued registration ).
(2) Sections 62E, 62F
and 62G apply for the purposes of this section as if references in those
sections to an application or an application for registration were references
to an application for continued registration.
(3) The Electoral
Commissioner must cancel the registration of an existing party if —
(a) the
existing party does not make an application for continued registration within
the period referred to in subsection (1); or
(b) the
Electoral Commissioner, after considering an application for continued
registration made by the existing party within that period, is satisfied that
the application would have been refused under section 62J if the application
had been an application for the registration of the existing party.
(4) Sections 62L(3) to
(6) and 62N apply to and in relation to a cancellation of registration under
subsection (3) as if it were a cancellation of registration under section 62L
(other than because of section 62L(2)(d)).
(5) If the Electoral
Commissioner does not cancel the registration of an existing party under
subsection (3), the Electoral Commissioner must replace the information and
documents in the register of political parties relating to the existing party
with —
(a) the
information set out in the existing party’s application for continued
registration (other than under section 62E(4)(d) as applied by subsection
(2)); and
(b) any
document accompanying the existing party’s application for continued
registration (other than under section 62E(4)(da) as applied by subsection
(2)).
(6) Nothing in this
section prevents the cancellation of the registration of an existing party
under section 62L.
[Section 217 inserted: No. 20 of 2021 s. 90.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 179.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 179.]