Victorian Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL AND PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES LEGISLATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 44 OF 2006) - SECT 11

After section 26(7) of the Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003 insert —

    '(7A)     After section 63(7) of the Electoral Act 2002 insert —

    "(8)     Subject to sub-section (9), if an election is a by-election, the final nomination day must be a day within the period that—

        (a)     starts 10 days after the date of the writ; and

        (b)     ends 28 days after the date of the writ.

    (9)     If a candidate for an election which is a by-election dies before noon on the final nomination day for the by-election, the final nomination day (except for the purposes of sub-section (10)) is to be the next day.

    (10)     The election day for an election which is a by-election must be a Saturday within the period that starts 15 days after the final nomination day and ends 30 days after the final nomination day.".'.