Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Where the Electoral Commission determines that a political party an application for the registration of which has been made should be registered, it shall:

register the party by entering in the Register:

the name of the party; and

if an abbreviation of the name of the party was set out in the application—that abbreviation; and

if a logo of the party was set out in the application, and the Electoral Commission has not decided to refuse to enter the logo in the Register under section 129A—that logo; and

the name and address of the person who has been nominated as the registered officer of the party for the purposes of this Act; and

where the party has in its application stated that it wishes to receive moneys under Division 3 of Part XX—a statement indicating that the party so wishes; and

give written notice to the applicant or applicants that it has registered the party; and

if any person or persons submitted particulars in response to the invitation referred to in paragraph 132(2)(b) in relation to the application—give written notice to that person or those persons that it has registered the party, or entered the logo in the Register, setting out in the notice to each person the reasons for rejecting the reasons particulars of which were so submitted by the person.

If the Electoral Commission makes a determination under subsection (1) that a political party should be registered, the Electoral Commissioner:

must publish notice of the registration of the party on the Electoral Commission’s website; and

may publish notice of the registration in any other way the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.

Where a statement is entered in the Register that a political party wishes to receive moneys under Division 3 of Part XX, that party shall, for the purposes of Part XX, be taken to have been registered for public funding.

If the Electoral Commission refuses an application made by a person to register a political party, or refuses to enter in the Register a logo set out in such an application, the Electoral Commission must give written notice to the person giving reasons for the decision.