Who is entitled to be on the Roll
9 Who is entitled to be on the Roll
A person is entitled to have his or her name entered on the Roll if the person – is an Aboriginal person; and resides in the electoral area in respect of which the person applies to have his or her name entered on the Roll; and has attained the age of 18 years.
A person is taken to have satisfied paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) if – the person's name is entered on the State roll for an address within the electoral area in respect of which the person applies to have his or her name entered on the Roll; or the person is entitled to have his or her name entered on the State roll for an address within the electoral area in respect of which the person applies to have his or her name entered on the Roll; or the person verifies the matters referred to in those paragraphs in such manner as the Electoral Commissioner may determine.
The Electoral Commissioner, in consultation with such persons as the Electoral Commissioner considers necessary, is to prepare guidelines concerning the requirements referred to in section 3A.
The Electoral Commissioner is to make the guidelines available to a person who requests them.
A person who is entitled to and wishes to have his or her name entered on the Roll must lodge with the Electoral Commissioner an enrolment form in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner.
In this section, State roll has the same meaning as in the Electoral Act 2004.
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