Appoint Party Secretary	
Completing this form
•	This form should be used by a political party applying for federal registration to notify the AEC of the appointment of its party secretary. An application for registration of a political party must be accompanied by an Appoint Party Secretary form.
•	The party secretary is a very important position recognised in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Electoral Act) with considerable power under the Electoral Act. Independent confirmation of the appointment of the secretary is required.
•	Further information is provided in the Guide for registering a party available at www.aec.gov.au.
•	This form is to be completed with reference to the Guide for registering a party.
•	Information on this form is collected under the Electoral Act and is not made public.
Name of political party	     	
Secretary’s details
Title	     	
Name	     	
Street address	     	
	Suburb/town	     	State      	Postcode      	
Postal address	     	
	Suburb/town	     	State      	Postcode      	
Daytime telephone	(   )       	After hours (   )       	
Mobile	     	Fax number (   )       	
Email address	     	
Signature		Date      	
Party position of secretary (director, convenor, secretary, etc.)	     		
Certification by independent party official
Because of the importance of the role of the party secretary, an independent party official such as the President, Treasurer, etc needs to certify that the secretary has been properly appointed in accordance with the party’s constitution to perform the role defined in the Electoral Act.
I declare that, under the party constitution, the above-named individual was appointed to manage the party on a day-to-day basis on ____/______/_____
		(date of appointment)	
Name of party official		
Position of party official		
Party official’s signature

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