Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:166:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 166 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 349052–351743

166  Mode of nomination

Nominations of single candidates as Senators or members
 (1) Subject to subsections (1A), (1AA), (1B) and (1C), a nomination may be in Form C, CA, D or DA in Schedule 1, as the case requires, and must:
 (a) set out the name, place of residence and occupation of the candidate; and
 (b) be signed by:
 (i) not less than 100 electors entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated; or
 (ii) the registered officer of the registered political party by which the candidate has been endorsed for that election.
 (1AAAA) If:
 (a) 2 or more candidates in a Senate election make a joint request under section 168; and
 (b) a person signs, under subparagraph (1)(b)(i), a nomination for more than one of the candidates;
the person's signature must not be counted for any of the candidates for the purposes of that subparagraph.

Nominations of 2 or more candidates as Senators
 (1AAA) Subject to subsections (1A), (1AA) and (1B), a nomination may be in Form CC in Schedule 1, and must:
 (a) set out the name, place of residence and occupation of each candidate; and
 (b) be signed by the registered officer of the registered political party by which the candidates have been endorsed for that election.

Other matters relating to nominations
 (1A) Where:
 (a) a candidate in a Senate election is:
 (i) a Senator; or
 (ii) in the case of an election following a dissolution of the Senate, a person who was, immediately before the dissolution, a Senator; and
 (b) the candidate's name is, under subsection 99(4), enrolled on the Roll for any Subdivision of a Division of the State or Territory that he or she represents or represented;
the candidate may set out in his or her nomination the address recorded in that enrolment rather than his or her place of residence.
 (1AA) For a House of Representatives election for a particular Division, the registered officer of a particular registered political party must not sign nominations under subparagraph 166(1)(b)(ii) for that election for more than one candidate.
Note: This does not prevent an amendment of a nomination under section 177 (withdrawal of consent to a nomination) or 180 (death of candidate after nomination).
 (1B) Where:
 (a) a candidate in an election for the House of Representatives was, immediately before the dissolution or expiration of the House of Representatives that preceded the election, a member of the House of Representatives; and
 (b) the candidate's name is, under subsection 99(4), enrolled on the Roll for any Subdivision of the Division that he or she represented;
the candidate may set out in his or her nomination the address recorded in that enrolment rather than