Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 21

21. Section 37 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are
substituted: Inspection, &c., of Rolls

''37. (1) Copies of the latest print of the Roll for a Division and of the
Supplemental Rolls (if any) relating to that Roll shall be available for
public inspection without fee-

   (a)  at the office of the Divisional Returning Officer for that Division;

   (b)  if there is an Assistant Divisional Returning Officer for a
        Subdivision of that Division-at the office of that Assistant
        Divisional Returning Officer; and

   (c)  at such other places (if any) as the Electoral Commission determines,
and shall be available for purchase at that office or those offices, as the
case requires, and at such other places (if any) as the Electoral Commission
determines, on payment of such amounts as the Electoral Commission determines
to be appropriate in relation to prints of Rolls of that kind.

''(2) Each Roll kept by a Divisional Returning Officer or an Assistant
Divisional Returning Officer shall be available for public inspection, without
fee, at the office of the Divisional Returning Officer or of the Assistant
Divisional Returning Officer, at any time during ordinary office hours.
Provision of Rolls and habitation indexes to political parties, &c.

''37A. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), the Electoral Commission shall cause to
be provided, without charge, at a time during each House of Representatives-

   (a)  to each registered political party-a copy of the latest print of the
        Rolls for each State and Territory;

   (b)  to each Senator for a State or a Territory-a copy of the latest print
        of the Roll for that State or Territory;

   (c)  to each member of the House of Representatives-a copy of the latest
        print of the Roll for the Division for which the member was elected;
        and

   (d)  to such other persons or organizations (if any) as the Electoral
        Commission determines to be appropriate-a copy of the latest print of
        such Rolls as the Electoral Commission considers appropriate.

''(2) Subject to sub-section (3), the Electoral Commission shall, so far as it
is practicable to do so, cause to be provided to each registered political
party, without charge, during each House of Representatives, a habitation
index-

   (a)  for each Division that is not divided into Subdivisions; and

   (b)  for each Subdivision of a Division,
being a list of the electors for that Division or Subdivision, as the case
requires, arranged, in a manner determined by the Electoral Commission, by
reference to the respective places of living of the electors whose names are
entered on the Roll for that Division or Subdivision.

''(3) The Commission shall not provide a registered political party with-

   (a)  a copy of a print of the Roll for a State or Territory under
        sub-section (1); or

   (b)  a habitation index in respect of a Division or Subdivision in a State
        or Territory under sub-section (2),
unless a branch or division of the party is organized on the basis of that
State or Territory.''.