Electoral Act 1992

This section applies to a registered political party if any of the following events happens—

the party endorses a person to be a candidate in an election;

the party proposes to endorse a person to be a candidate in an election by—

publicly announcing the party’s intention to endorse the person as a candidate for the election; or

starting to incur electoral expenditure for the benefit of the person as a candidate for the election;

if the party notifies the commission under this section about the endorsement or proposed endorsement of a person to be a candidate in an election—the party’s endorsement or proposed endorsement of the person changes before the polling day for the election;

an elected member stops being a member of the party.

The registered officer of the registered political party must notify the commission, in the approved form, about the event within 7 days after the event happens.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

As soon as practicable after the commission receives the notification, the commission must give the candidate or member a notice that states—

the contents of the notification; and

when the commission received the notification.

If a change mentioned in subsection (1)(c) is the withdrawal of the registered political party’s endorsement of a person as a candidate for an election, a notice given by the party under section 91A about the withdrawal is taken to be a notice given about the change under this section.