Electoral Act 1992

In this section—application name means a name for a political party, or the abbreviation of the name for a political party, set out in the party’s application for registration.party name means the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a parliamentary party or registered political party.public body name means the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a prominent public body.

The commission may refuse to register a political party if the commission believes on reasonable grounds that information set out in, or documents required to accompany, the application are incorrect.

The commission must refuse to register a political party if the party’s application name—

has more than 6 words; or

is obscene or offensive; or

is a party name; or

so nearly resembles a party name that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for the party name; or

includes the word ‘independent’; or

would otherwise be likely to cause confusion if registered.

The commission may refuse to register a political party if the party’s application name—

is a public body name; or

so nearly resembles a public body name that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for the public body name.

The commission must refuse to register a political party if the party’s constitution is not a complying constitution.

If the commission decides to refuse an application, it must give the person who was to be the registered officer of the political party written notice of—

the refusal; and

the reasons for the refusal; and

the rights of the person to have the refusal decision reviewed.