Electoral Act 1985

Where a political party is registered under this Part, an application may be made to the Electoral Commissioner, by the registered officer of the party, or any other person authorised by the party to make the application, to change the Register by—

changing the name of the party to a name specified in the application;

if an abbreviation of the name of the party is entered in the

Register—changing that abbreviation to an abbreviation specified in the application;

if an abbreviation of the name of the party is not entered in the

Register—entering in the Register an abbreviation of the name of the party, being an abbreviation specified in the application.

An application under subsection (1) must be dealt with in the same way and determined by reference to the same principles as an application for registration of a political party.