§ Electoral Act s. 30Objectionsto lists of candidates

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(I) Anyperson,including the chief electoral
officer, may object tothe nomination of a candidate on the following grounds:
(a)
The candidate is not qualified to stand in the election;
(b)
there is no prescribed acceptance of nomination signed by the candidate; or
(c)
there is no prescribed undertaking, signed by the candidate, that the candidate
bound by theCode.
is
(2) The objection must be made to the Commission in the prescribed manner by not
later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable, and must be served on the registered
party that nominatedthe candidate.
(3) The Commission must decide the objection, and must notify the objector and the
registered party that nominated the candidate of the decision in the prescribed manner by not
later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable.
(4) The objector, or the registered party whonominatedthecandidate,
may appeal
against the decisionof the Commission to the Electoral Court in the prescribed manner and by
not later than the relevantdate stated in the election timetable.
(5) The Electoral Court must consider and decide the appeal and notify the parties to
the appeal and the chief electoral officer of the decision in the prescribed manner and by not
later than the relevant datestated in the election timetable.
(6) If the Commission or theElectoralCourtdecides
that a candidate's nomination
does not comply with section 27, the Commission or the Electoral Court may allow the registered party an opportunity to comply with that section, including an opportunity to substitute a
candidate and tore-order the names on the list as a result of that substitution.

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