Electoral Act 1992

If the commissioner receives an application for the registration of a political party, the commissioner must prepare written notice of the application.

The notice must—

state the following particulars:

the name of the political party;

any abbreviation of the name of the party that the party intends to use for this Act;

the name and address of the person nominated to be the registered officer of the party;

the name and address of the secretary of the party; and

state that a copy of each of the following is available for public inspection at the commissioner’s office:

the application;

the party’s constitution;

if the application was accompanied by a notice under section 89 (1) (h)—the notice; and

state that written objections to the application may be given to the commissioner within 14 days after the day the notice is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

The notice is a notifiable instrument.

The commissioner must give additional public notice of the notice required under this section.

Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (4) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.

The commissioner must make a copy of each of the following available for public inspection at the commissioner’s office:

the application;

the party’s constitution;

if the application was accompanied by a notice under section 89 (1) (h)—the notice.