You must as soon as practicable after making a decision that a nomination form is valid or invalid send a notice of that decision to the candidate at their home address as given on the nomination form and, in the case of a party list candidate, also to the party’s Nominating Officer.1
Once you have made a decision that a nomination form is valid, that decision cannot be challenged during the election, although it may be challenged after the election by way of an election petition.
If a nomination form is determined to be invalid, or you determine that the name and address of a party list candidate must be deleted from the party list, you must:2