Local Government (Elections) Act 1999

A person who is eligible to be a candidate for election to an office of a council may nominate (or, in the case of a nominee of a body corporate or group, be nominated) in the prescribed manner as a candidate for election to the office.

The nomination must be accompanied by—

a declaration of eligibility made by the candidate; and

a profile of the candidate that complies with the regulations; and

other information and material required by the regulations.

A profile under subsection (2) may include a photograph of the candidate (that complies with the regulations).

A nomination must be lodged with the returning officer not earlier than 14 days before the day on which nominations close.

The returning officer must cause a note to be made of the date and time of the receipt of a nomination form under this section.

The returning officer may reject a nomination if in the opinion of the returning officer the name under which the candidate is nominated—

is obscene; or

is frivolous; or

has been assumed for an ulterior purpose.

The returning officer must reject a nomination if it appears to the returning officer that the nominated candidate has already been nominated for election to another vacancy (by a nomination lodged with the returning officer) and that the earlier nomination has not been withdrawn before the lodging of the nomination.