COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 136 Deregistration of party failing to endorse candidates or ceasing to be a Parliamentary party

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 136

             (1)  A registered political party is liable to deregistration if:

                    (aa)  the party has been registered for more than 4 years and during that time has not endorsed a candidate for any election; or

                     (a)  a period of 4 years has elapsed since the polling day in the last election for which the party endorsed a candidate; or

                     (b)  in the case of a party that was a Parliamentary party when it was registered:

                              (i)  the party has ceased to be a Parliamentary party; and

                             (ii)  the party has fewer than 500 members.

          (1A)  If a party becomes liable to deregistration, the Electoral Commission shall:

                     (a)  deregister the party;

                     (b)  give written notice of the deregistration to the person who was the registered officer of the party immediately before the deregistration.

          (1B)  If a political party is deregistered under subsection (1A), the Electoral Commissioner:

                     (a)  must publish notice of the deregistration on the Electoral Commission's website; and

                     (b)  may publish notice of the deregistration in any other way the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.

             (2)  Where a political party is deregistered under subsection (1A), that party, or a party that has a name that so nearly resembles the name of the deregistered party that it is likely to be confused with or mistaken for that name, is ineligible for registration under this Part until after the general election next following the deregistration.

             (3)  A Parliamentary party shall not be deregistered under this section.