Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 81

81 .         Nomination paper and deposit required for valid nomination

        (1)         A nomination is not valid unless —

            (a)         the nomination paper is received by the returning officer after the issue of the writ and before the close of nominations; and

            (b)         at or before the close of nominations, the required deposit is lodged with the returning officer by or on behalf of the candidate in money, by a cheque drawn by a financial institution upon itself and payable to the Electoral Commissioner, by electronic transfer or in such other manner as may be prescribed.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the required deposit is —

            (a)         in the case of an election in a district — $250 or any greater amount that is prescribed; or

            (b)         in the case of a Council election — $2 000 or any greater amount that is prescribed.

        (3)         Despite subsection (2)(b), if the candidate is included in a group consisting of more than 5 candidates the required deposit is the amount obtained by dividing $10 000, or any greater amount that is prescribed, by the number of candidates included in the group.

        [Section 81 inserted: No. 43 of 1996 s. 9; amended: No. 24 of 2000 s. 50; No. 35 of 2012 s. 14; No. 20 of 2021 s. 49; No. 30 of 2023 s. 72.]