Division 1B Writs for periodic Council elections

74A   Writs for periodic Council elections

A writ for a periodic Council election shall be issued within four clear days after the publication in the Gazette of the proclamation dissolving an Assembly, or after an Assembly has been allowed to expire by effluxion of time, and the writ shall be made returnable on a day not later than the sixtieth clear day after the date of the issue thereof or on such later day as the Governor may by proclamation in the Gazette direct.

74B   Meeting of Council after return of writs

The day to be fixed for the meeting of the Council after the return of a writ for a periodic Council election shall not be later than the seventh clear day after the date for the return of the writ or the date for the return of the writs for the Assembly general election the day for the taking of the poll for which was the same day as the day for the taking of the poll for that periodic Council election, whichever date is the later.

74C   Writ directed to Electoral Commissioner

(1)  Every writ for a periodic Council election shall be directed to the Electoral Commissioner.

(2)  In every such writ shall be named the day on which all nominations of candidates at and for any such election must be made (hereinafter called the day of nomination), the day for taking the poll at the several polling places in the event of the election being contested, and the day on which the writ shall be returnable to the Governor.

(3)  Subsection (2) has effect subject to section 22A (3) of the Constitution Act 1902, and to section 120I.

74D   Duties of Electoral Commissioner on receipt of writ

(1)  The Electoral Commissioner must, on receiving a writ under section 74C, endorse on it the date of its receipt, and as soon as is reasonably practicable publicly advertise (in such manner as the Electoral Commissioner thinks fit):

(a)  the purport of the writ, and

(b)  the day of nomination, the day of polling, and the return day mentioned in the writ, and

(b1)  a facsimile number and an email address (to be appointed by the Electoral Commissioner) at which the Electoral Commissioner will receive nomination papers for the election to which the writ relates, and the time by which they must be received, and

(c)  a place within the State (to be appointed by the Electoral Commissioner) at which the Electoral Commissioner will receive the nomination papers for the election to which the writ relates, and the time by which they must be received.

(2)  (Repealed)

(3)  The Electoral Commissioner must attend at all reasonable hours in the daytime, in the interval between the receipt of the writ and noon on the day of nomination, at the place appointed for receiving nomination papers.