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Electoral Act 1993

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204L: Application for registration

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"How to register as a promoter with the Electoral Commission"

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If you want to be a registered promoter, you must apply to the Electoral Commission. You make this application yourself if you are an individual. If you are a company, someone authorised by your board of directors must make the application for you. If you are neither an individual nor a company, your authorised representative makes the application.

You must fill out the application form as required by the Electoral Commission. This form must include your name and contact details, and the name and contact details of the person who made the application if you are not an individual. If you are not an individual or a company, you must also include the names of people in positions similar to company directors. If you are a trust, you must include the names of your trustees.

When you apply, you must provide proof that the person making the application has the authority to do so, if that person is not you. You can find more information about this by looking at the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010.

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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 and contact details 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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                • Section 204L: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 137).