Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00519:reg:4:p68
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00519
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 68/154)
Character Range: 378075–380617

attached to it a notice completed by a Registrar, in accordance with Form 72.
 (2) The applicant may serve the notice on a party at the party's address for service for the proceeding in the High Court.

32.13  Address for service
  A party who has not filed a notice of address for service in the High Court must, within 7 days of being served with the documents mentioned in rule 32.12(1), file a notice of address for service.

32.14  Lists of votes claimed or objected to
 (1) If a petition:
 (a) claims a Parliamentary seat for a person who has not been returned as a Senator or member of the House of Representatives; and
 (b) claims that the person had a majority of valid votes;
each party must, at least 7 days before the date of the trial of a petition, file a list of the ballot‑papers or classes of ballot‑papers intended to be claimed or objected to.
 (2) Subrule (1) does not apply if the petition only claims a fresh count of the votes counted at the election.
 (3) If a party's list includes ballot‑papers that are objected to, the list must include the grounds of objection on which the party intends to rely.

32.15  Counter‑charges
 (1) If a petition claims a Parliamentary seat for a person who has not been returned as a Senator or member of the House of Representatives and a respondent wants to contend that the person was not duly elected, the respondent must file a statement of the ground on which the respondent intends to rely:
 (a) if the respondent has filed a notice of address for service in the High Court—within 7 days after being served with the documents mentioned in rule 32.12(1); or
 (b) in any other case—within 7 days after filing the respondent's notice of address for service.
 (2) The statement must:
 (a) be based on a ground other than that the respondent had a majority of valid votes; and
 (b) comply with section 355(aa) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to the ground relied on, as if it were a petition.
Note 1: Section 355(aa) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 provides that a petition disputing an election or return must, subject to section 358(2) of that Act, set out the facts relied on to invalidate the election or return, with sufficient particularity to identify the specific matter or matters on which the petitioner relies as justifying the grant of relief.
Note 2: Section 358(2) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 provides that the Court may, at any time after the filing of a petition and on any terms it thinks fit, relieve the petitioner wholly or in