Electoral Act 1992

The commission may cancel the registration of a party at the written request of the party’s registered officer.

The commission may cancel the registration of a political party if the commission is satisfied on reasonable grounds that—

the party no longer exists; or

the party is not a Queensland parliamentary party and does not have at least 500 members who are electors; or

the candidates at the next 2 general elections held after the registration of the party did not include at least 1 candidate endorsed by the party; or

the registration was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation; or

the party’s constitution is not a complying constitution; or

the party’s registered officer has failed to comply with section 80(1) or (2), including, for example, by giving false or misleading information under the provision.

If the commission proposes to cancel the registration of a party, other than because of subsection (2)(d), the commission must—

give written notice of its proposed action to the party’s registered officer; and

give notice of its proposed action in—

the gazette; and

a newspaper circulating generally in the State; and

include in the notice under paragraph (b) a statement that persons may, within 14 days after the gazette notice is given, object to the commission in writing against the proposed cancellation.

The commission must consider any objection made under subsection (3) before taking any further action in relation to the cancellation.

If the commission decides to cancel the registration of a party, the commission must—

give notice of the cancellation and the reasons for it to the person who was the party’s registered officer immediately before the cancellation; and

give notice of the cancellation in the gazette; and

cancel the information in, and remove the documents from, the register of political parties relating to the political party; and

retain the documents in the commission’s records.