Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 101

101 Register of candidates

(1) As soon as practicable after the commission advises the returning officer of an electoral district of the names of the candidates for an election for the electoral district, the commission must enter, in a register called the register of candidates, the information, and a summary of the content of any statement, set out in the nomination in relation to each of the candidates under section 88 (3) .

(2) The register of candidates is to be kept in such form and way as the commission considers appropriate.

(3) If elections for other electoral districts have the same polling day, a single register must be used for all of the elections.

(4) The register of candidates must be open for public inspection, without fee, at the commission’s office.

(5) If any name or address entered in the register of candidates in relation to a candidate ceases to be correct, the candidate may apply to the commission to have the entry corrected.

(6) The commission must correct the entry.