Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Any person qualified for enrolment, who lives at an address in a Subdivision, and has lived at that address for a period of one month last past, shall be entitled, in respect of residence at that address, to have his or her name placed on the Roll for that Subdivision.

Any elector whose name is on the Roll for any Subdivision and who lives at an address in any other Subdivision, and has lived at that address for a period of one month last past, shall be entitled, in respect of residence at that address, to have his or her name transferred to the Roll for the Subdivision in which he or she lives.

Subject to sections 94, 94A, 95, 96, 96A and 96B, a person is not entitled to have his or her name placed on the Roll:

for more than one Subdivision;

for a Subdivision other than the Subdivision in which the person lives; or

in respect of an address other than the address at which the person is living when the claim is lodged.

In spite of any other provision of this Act:

a Senator is entitled to have his or her name placed on the Roll for any Subdivision of any Division in the State or Territory the Senator represents instead of the Subdivision in which the Senator lives;

a member of the House of Representatives is entitled to have his or her name placed on the Roll for any Subdivision of the Division the member represents instead of the Subdivision in which the member lives; and

a Senator or member whose name is enrolled under this subsection may vote as an elector of the Subdivision for which he or she is so enrolled.

The validity of any enrolment shall not in any case be questioned on the ground that the person enrolled has not in fact lived at the relevant address in the Subdivision for a period of one month.