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Electoral Act 1993

Election advertising - Registered promoters

204L: Application for registration

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"How to register to promote election advertising"

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You want to be a registered promoter for election advertising. You must apply to the Electoral Commission. If you are a person, you apply yourself. You must fill out the form the Electoral Commission requires. The form needs your name, address, phone numbers, and email address. If you are not a person, the form needs the name, address, phone numbers, and email address of the person applying for you. If you are a company or trust, the form needs the names of the people in charge. You must also provide proof that the person applying has the authority to do so. You can find more information by looking at the Electoral Act 1993 and the Electoral Amendment Act 2025.

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Part 6AAElection advertising
Registered promoters

204LApplication for registration

  1. An application to be a registered promoter must be made to the Electoral Commission and made,—

  2. if the promoter is an individual, by that individual; or
    1. if the promoter is a company, by a person who is duly authorised by the board of directors to make the application; or
      1. if the promoter is not an individual or a company, by the promoter's representative who is duly authorised by the promoter to make the application.

        1. An application to be a registered promoter must be made in the form required by the Electoral Commission and set out—

        2. the name, address, phone numbers, and email address (if any) of—
          1. the promoter; and
            1. the person described in subsection (1)(b) or (c) who made the application, if the promoter is not an individual; and
            2. the names of the persons occupying a position in the body that is comparable with that of a director of a company, if the promoter is not an individual or a company; and
              1. the names of the trustees, if the promoter is a trust.

                1. An application to be a registered promoter must be accompanied by evidence of the authority to make the application, if the application is made by a person described in subsection (1)(b) or (c).

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                Notes
                • Section 204L: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).
                • Section 204L(2)(a): amended, on , by section 130 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).