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(ii) give a copy of the notice to the Registrar, and
(e) if a person who might have been an applicant in respect of the election files a notice of appearance within the prescribed period, that person is entitled to appear as a respondent to the application.
"(10) A person who has ceased to be a respondent to an election application is not entitled to appear as a party in proceedings in relation to that application.
"(11) The Registrar shall notify the Commissioner of the receipt of a notice mentioned in subparagraph (9)(d)(ii).
"(12) An election application shall be abated by the death of a sole applicant or the last survivor of several applicants.
"(13) The abatement of an election application does not affect the liability of the applicant or any other person for costs awarded against the applicant or other person.
Hearing of applications
"258B. (1) The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the time for filing applications in respect of an election under section 255 has passed, prepare a list of the applications pending in the order of filing and shall make a copy of the list available for inspection at the Registrar's office in the manner prescribed by rules of court.
"(2) Subject to subsection (3), an application shall, as far as practicable, be heard in the order in which it appears in the list.
"(3) All applications in respect of an election for an electorate shall be heard together.".
Madam Speaker, this provision is drawn very heavily from provisions that exist in the Tasmanian Electoral Act and that relate to circumstances where an application is made to the Supreme Court acting as the Court of Disputed Returns for adjudication of an issue concerning the conduct of an election, that application being an application which disputes the validity of an election because of some breach of the Electoral Act or
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