Lodgement of candidate questionnaire form
43 Lodgement of candidate questionnaire form
A candidate may lodge with the election manager a completed candidate questionnaire form.
The candidate questionnaire form is Form 2 in Schedule 1.
Reg. 43(3) amended by S.R. No. 57/2024 reg. 14.
A candidate questionnaire form must be lodged before 12 noon on the nomination day—
at the place or places that nominations are received under regulation 22(2); or
if the election manager has advised candidates that candidate questionnaire forms are to be received at another place, at that other place; or
by electronic communication in accordance with conditions determined by the election manager.
A lodged candidate questionnaire form must be accompanied by a declaration signed and dated by the candidate which states that the answers provided are true and correct.
If the lodged candidate questionnaire form includes a claim of endorsement by a registered political party, the candidate must lodge a document containing the written consent of the registered officer of the party to the claim of endorsement with the completed candidate questionnaire form.
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