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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 75
Refusal of registration
75 Refusal of registration
(1) In this section—
"application name" means a name for a political party, or the abbreviation of
the name for a political party, set out in the party’s application for
registration.
"party name" means the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name, of a
parliamentary party or registered political party.
"public body name" means the name, or an abbreviation or acronym of the name,
of a prominent public body.
(2) The commission may refuse to register a
political party if the commission believes on reasonable grounds that
information set out in, or documents required to accompany, the application
are incorrect.
(3) The commission must refuse to register a political party
if the party’s application name— (a) has more than 6 words; or
(b) is
obscene or offensive; or
(c) is a party name; or
(d) so nearly resembles a
party name that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for the
party name; or
(e) includes the word ‘independent’; or
(f) would
otherwise be likely to cause confusion if registered.
(4) The commission may
refuse to register a political party if the party’s application name— (a)
is a public body name; or
(b) so nearly resembles a public body name that it
is likely to be confused with or mistaken for the public body name.
(5) The
commission must refuse to register a political party if the party’s
constitution is not a complying constitution.
(6) If the commission decides
to refuse an application, it must give the person who was to be the registered
officer of the political party written notice of— (a) the refusal; and
(b)
the reasons for the refusal; and
(c) the rights of the person to have the
refusal decision reviewed.
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