Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00002:clause:1_170b:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00002
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 170B (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 15361–18163

170B  Providing additional documents with nomination
 (1) A person who is nominating for election as a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives:
 (a) may provide to the Electoral Commissioner, together with the nomination of the person (and not otherwise), the following additional documents:
 (i) documents providing particulars of the person's Australian citizenship;
 (ii) documents providing particulars that the person is satisfied support the person's contention that the person is not disqualified or incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Senator or member of the House of Representatives by reason of section 44 of the Constitution or this Act;
 (iii) documents providing particulars as specified in the qualification checklist; and
 (b) if the person contends that the person has renounced citizenship, or lost the status as a subject or citizen, of another country—must provide to the Electoral Commissioner, together with the nomination, one or more documents that the person is satisfied supports the person's contention.
Note 1: See also sections 181A to 181C (publication and delivery to the Parliament, and certain laws do not apply).
Note 2: A person may commit an offence under section 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code if the person provides a document under this subsection that the person knows is false or misleading.

Manner of providing documents
 (2) Documents provided under subsection (1) must:
 (a) be able to be uploaded, or published electronically or on a website; and
 (b) if the Electoral Commissioner determines an electronic format under subsection (9)—be in that format.

Redacting etc. information from documents
 (3) Before a person provides a document under subsection (1), the person:
 (a) may omit, redact or delete from the document any information that the person does not wish to be published under section 181A or delivered to a House of the Parliament under section 181B; and
 (b) if the person does so—must indicate in the document, or in the manner (if any) determined under subsection (9), that information has been omitted, redacted or deleted; and
 (c) if the Electoral Commissioner has determined under subsection (9) a manner for omitting, redacting or deleting the information—must do so in that manner and only that manner.

Silent electors
 (4) The address of a person whose address is not shown on the Roll for a Subdivision under section 104 may be included in a document published or to be published under section 181A only if:
 (a) the person is the person who provides the document, and the person's address is not shown on the Roll at the time the document is provided; or
 (b) the person has consented to the publication of the address.
Note: A document published under section 181A includes the qualification checklist.