Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:129:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 129 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 306996–308437

(ii) the proposed abbreviation of the applicant party's name contains a word that is in the name, or abbreviation of the name, of a registered political party; and
 (b) the application is not accompanied by the written consent, to the use by the applicant party of the word in its name or abbreviation, of:
 (i) if there is only one registered political party to which paragraph (a) applies—the registered political party's registered officer; or
 (ii) otherwise—the registered officer of the first such political party to be registered.
 (4) For the purposes of subparagraph (3)(b)(ii), if the registered political parties to which paragraph (3)(a) applies are a State branch, and the federal branch, of a federal party that were registered on the same day, the federal branch is taken to be the first of those political parties to be registered.
 (5) Subsection (3) of this section, and subsections 129A(2) and 134A(1), do not apply to:
 (a) a function word; or
 (b) a collective noun for people; or
 (c) the name of a country, the word "country", or a recognised geographical place in Australia; or
 (d) the word "democratic".
 (6) In applying subsection (3) or (5) of this section, or subsection 129A(2) or subparagraph 134A(1)(a)(iii), in relation to a word, other grammatical forms, and commonly accepted variants (including abbreviations, contractions and alternative forms), of the word are to be treated in the same way as the word.