Enrolment of elector with no fixed address if enrolled on Commonwealth roll
17B Enrolment of elector with no fixed address if enrolled on Commonwealth roll
If —
a person fulfils the requirements of section 17(1)(a) and (b) but does not live in any particular district in the State; and
the person’s name appears on a roll maintained under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in respect of an address in a Commonwealth subdivision in the State with which the person has established a connection under section 96 of that Act; and
the Commonwealth roll referred to in paragraph (b) is annotated to indicate that the person is an itinerant elector under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 96,
the person is to be enrolled for the district in which the address referred to in paragraph (b) is situated.
While the name of the person continues to be included on the Commonwealth roll referred to in subsection (1)(b) with the annotation referred to in subsection (1)(c), the person is entitled —
to remain enrolled for the district referred to in subsection (1); and
to vote in —
any Council election; and
any election in the district.
[Section 17B inserted: No. 7 of 2009 s. 6; amended: No. 20 of 2021 s. 26; No. 30 of 2023 s. 18.]
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