Contents of application

(1) An application for registration as a leadership contestant shall include the following:

(a) the name of the leadership contestant;

(b) the address of the place where the records of the leadership contestant are maintained and to which communications may be addressed;

(c) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s auditor; and

(d) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s financial agent.

Accompanying documents

(2) The application shall be accompanied by the following:

(a) the signed consent of the financial agent to act in that capacity;

(b) the signed consent of the auditor to act in that capacity;

(c) a declaration signed by the chief agent of the registered party holding the leadership contest certifying that the party accepts the applicant as a leadership contestant; and

(d) a statement containing the information referred to in paragraphs 478.8(2)(d) to (g) with respect to contributions received and loans incurred before the first day of the leadership contest.

Examination of application

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall register a leadership contestant who meets the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2). In the case of a refusal to register, the Chief Electoral Officer shall indicate which of those requirements have not been met.

2003, c. 19, s. 57; 2004, c. 24, s. 20; 2014, c. 12, s. 86.