Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (a) The
Court or a Judge may order any party to the proceedings upon a petition to
deliver to any other party particulars, or further and better particulars, of
any matter alleged by such party.
(b) When
the petition, not being a petition merely claiming a fresh count of the votes
actually counted at the election, claims the seat for a person who has not
been returned as a member, alleging that such person had a majority of valid
votes cast at the election, each of the parties shall, within 7 days after
service of the petition, or within such further time as a Judge may allow,
deliver to the Court and to the opposite party a list of the
ballot‑papers or classes of ballot‑papers intended to be claimed
or objected to, specifying in the case of ballot‑papers claimed the
grounds on which the claim is based, and in the case of ballot‑papers
objected to the grounds of objection on which he intends to rely; and no claim
or objection shall be entertained in favour of or against the validity of any
ballot‑paper upon any ground not specified in the lists so delivered,
except by leave of the Court or a Judge, and upon such terms as to amendment
of the list, adjournment of the trial, and payments of costs, as the Court or
a Judge may order.
(c) When
the petition claims that the election may be declared void on the ground that
certain persons who were not qualified to vote voted at the election, the
petitioner shall, within 7 days after service of the petition, or within such
further time as a Judge may allow, deliver to the Court and to the respondent
a list containing the names of all persons alleged to have voted who were not
qualified to vote at the election, and no objection shall be entertained
against the vote of any person whose name does not appear in such list, except
by leave of the Court or a Judge upon such terms as to amendment of the list,
adjournment of the trial, and payment of costs, as the Court or a Judge may
order.
[Rule 7 amended: SL 2022/201 r. 9.]