Electoral Funding Act 2018

The Electoral Commission may—

register a person as a candidate in the Register of Candidates for a general election, or

refuse to register the person.

The Electoral Commission must not register a candidate in the Register of Candidates for a general election if the application for registration of the candidate was received by the Electoral Commission after the day of nomination for the general election.

Without limiting subsection (1), the Electoral Commission may refuse to register a candidate if the Electoral Commission believes on reasonable grounds that any particulars in the application for registration of the candidate are incomplete or not correct, but may, if the Electoral Commission thinks fit, register the candidate notwithstanding any such defect.

If the Electoral Commission refuses to register a candidate under subsection (3)—

the Electoral Commission is, as soon as is reasonably practicable, to notify the candidate of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal, and

the candidate may, within 30 days after the date of the notification by the Electoral Commission, amend the application for registration by substituting the relevant particulars, and

the amended application is taken to have been received by the Electoral Commission when the original application was received by it.