Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 88

88 How and when nomination takes place

(1) The following persons are the only persons who nominate a candidate—

(a) the registered officer of a registered political party that has endorsed the candidate for the election;

(b) 6 or more persons who are enrolled on the electoral roll for the electoral district concerned and none of whom has previously nominated a candidate for the election.

(2) To have effect for the purposes of this Act, the nomination must comply with the requirements set out in this section and section 89 .

(3) The nomination—

(a) must be in a form approved by the commission for the purposes of this section; and

(b) must contain the following—

(i) the candidate’s name, address and occupation;

(ii) a signed statement by the candidate consenting to the nomination;

(iii) if subsection (1) (a) applies—a signed statement by the party’s registered officer that the registered political party has endorsed the candidate.

(4) The nomination must be given to—

(a) if subsection (1) (a) applies—the commission; or

(b) if subsection (1) (b) applies—the commission or the returning officer for the electoral district.

(5) The nomination must be given—

(a) after the day of issue of the writ for the election; and

(b) before noon on the cut-off day for nomination of candidates for the election.