Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 176

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (3), in the case of a Senate election, the Australian Electoral Officer, or any other officer authorised by the Electoral Commissioner, must, at the declaration time, attend at the place of nomination, or at the declaration place for the relevant State or Territory, and, in respect of each candidate, declare:

  (a)   the name of the candidate; and

  (b)   either of the following:

  (i)   the town or suburb of the candidate's place of residence;

  (ii)   if an address has been specified by the candidate under subsection   166(1A)--the town or suburb of that address; and

  (c)   the relevant State or Territory; and

  (d)   either:

  (i)   if the candidate is endorsed by a registered political party--the name of the party; or

  (ii)   otherwise--that the candidate is not endorsed by a registered political party; and

  (e)   if the candidate has requested under subsection   168(1) that the candidate's name be grouped with one or more other candidates' names in the ballot papers:

  (i)   the name requested to be printed on the ballot papers under subsection   169(4); or

  (ii)   if no such name is requested--a name given to the group by the Electoral Commissioner; and

  (f)   if the candidate has requested the word "Independent" be printed adjacent to the candidate's name on the ballot paper for the election--that fact.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   (3), in the case of a House of Representatives election, the DRO, or any other officer authorised by the Electoral Commissioner, must, at the declaration time, attend at the place of nomination for the Division, or at the declaration place for the Division, and, in respect of each candidate, declare:

  (a)   the name of the candidate; and

  (b)   either of the following:

  (i)   the town or suburb of the candidate's place of residence;

  (ii)   if an address has been specified by the candidate under subsection   166(1B)--the town or suburb of that address; and

  (c)   the State or Territory in which the Division is located; and

  (d)   either:

  (i)   if the candidate is endorsed by a registered political party--the name of the party; or

  (ii)   otherwise--that the candidate is not endorsed by a registered political party; and

  (e)   if the candidate has requested the word "Independent" to printed adjacent to the candidate's name on the ballot paper for the election--that fact.

  (3)   The Australian Electoral Officer, DRO or authorised officer, as the case requires, must not declare a candidate's town or suburb if the candidate's address has been excluded from the Roll under section   104.

  (4)   In this section:

"declaration place" means:

  (a)   for a Senate election for a State or Territory--a place determined in relation to that State or Territory by the Australian Electoral Officer for that State or Territory, or by the Electoral Commissioner; and

  (b)   for a House of Representatives election for a Division--a place determined in relation to that Division by the Australian Electoral Officer for the relevant State or Territory, or by the Electoral Commissioner.