Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

In this section, registered abbreviation, in relation to the name of a registered political party, means the abbreviation (if any) of the name of the party entered in the Register of Political Parties.

Subject to subsection (3), where a provision of this Part requires the name of a registered political party to be printed on ballot papers for use in an election, the name to be so printed is the name of the party entered in the Register of Political Parties.

Where, under section 169, the registered officer of a registered political party has requested that the registered abbreviation of the name of that party be printed on the ballot papers for an election adjacent to the name of a candidate, a provision referred to in subsection (2) applies as if a reference to the name of a registered political party were a reference to the registered abbreviation of that name.

The names of registered political parties, or abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to the names of candidates on ballot papers for use in an election shall be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all the names of those parties or abbreviations of those names.

The names of registered political parties, or abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to squares printed above the line on ballot papers for use in an election shall be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all names and abbreviations so printed.