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New South Wales
City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral
Rolls) Bill 2003
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988 No 48 2
4 Consequential amendment of Local Government
Act 1993 No 30 2
Schedules
1 Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988 3
2 Consequential amendment of Local Government Act 1993 6
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Parliaments
egislative Council
2003
New South Wales
City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral
Rolls) Bill 2003
Act No , 2003
An Act to amend the City of Sydney Act 1988 and the Local Government Act
1993 to make further provision for electoral rolls in connection with elections for
the Council of the City of Sydney; and for other purposes.
Clause 1 City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Bill 2003
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Act
2003.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.
3 Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988 No 48
The City of Sydney Act 1988 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Consequential amendment of Local Government Act 1993 No 30
The Local Government Act 1993 is amended as set out in
Schedule 2.
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City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Bill 2003
Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988
(Section 3)
[1] Section 14 Definitions
Insert "in the City of Sydney" after "all land" in section 14 (1) (e).
[2] Sections 18A-18C
Omit section 18A. Insert instead:
18A Electoral Commissioner to prepare roll of non-resident owners
and roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees
(1) Not later than the closing date for an election, the Electoral
Commissioner is to prepare and confirm the following rolls
for the election:
(a) the roll of non-resident owners of rateable land, being
a roll of persons who are entitled to be enrolled as
electors as owners of rateable land in the City of Sydney
and have applied for the inclusion of their names on the
roll for the election,
(b) the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees, being a
roll of persons who are entitled to be enrolled as
electors as ratepaying lessees or occupiers of rateable
land in the City of Sydney and have applied for the
inclusion of their names on the roll for the election.
(2) A roll prepared under this section lapses after the election for
which it is prepared.
(3) Sections 299 and 300 of the Principal Act do not apply to any
election for the City of Sydney.
(4) References in section 301 of the Principal Act to the non-
residential roll prepared and confirmed under section 299 for
the area and the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees
prepared and confirmed under section 300 for the area are in
the operation of that section in respect of the City of Sydney
to be read as references to, respectively, the roll of non-
resident owners of rateable land prepared and confirmed
under this section and the roll of occupiers and ratepaying
lessees prepared and confirmed under this section.
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City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Bill 2003
Schedule 1 Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988
(5) References in Division 2 of Part 6 of Chapter 10 of the
Principal Act to the general manager are in the operation of
that Division in respect of the City of Sydney to be read as
references to the Electoral Commissioner.
18B Enrolment letter
(1) The Electoral Commissioner must, at least 90 days before the
closing date for an election (the proposed election) for the
City of Sydney, send an enrolment letter addressed:
(a) to each person whose name appeared on a non-
residential roll prepared and confirmed for the previous
election, at the address of the person appearing on the
roll, and
(b) to each corporation or firm that nominated a person as
an elector for the previous election, at the address of the
corporation or firm appearing on the form of
nomination.
(2) An enrolment letter is a letter stating the following:
(a) that an election for the City of Sydney is to be held,
(b) the date the election is to be held,
(c) that the person the enrolment letter is addressed to may
be entitled to be enrolled as an elector on the roll of non-
resident owners of rateable land or the roll of occupiers
and ratepaying lessees, or to nominate a person to be so
enrolled, for the election,
(d) that a person will not be enrolled on such a roll unless
inclusion on the roll is applied for before the date
prescribed for the closing of the roll of electors for the
election,
(e) the date prescribed for the closing of the roll of electors
for the election.
(3) The lapsing of a non-residential roll after the election for
which it was prepared does not prevent or otherwise affect use
of the roll for the purposes of this section.
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Amendment of City of Sydney Act 1988 Schedule 1
(4) In this section and clause 31 of Schedule 3:
closing date for an election has the same meaning as it has in
the Principal Act.
non-residential roll means the roll of non-resident owners of
rateable land or the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees.
previous election in relation to a proposed election means the
last election for the City of Sydney held before the proposed
election, whether the last election was an ordinary election, a
by-election or other kind of election.
18C Costs in relation to electoral rolls
The costs of the Electoral Commissioner with respect to the
preparation of rolls under section 18A, including the costs
with respect to the sending of enrolment letters under section
18B, are to be met by the City Council and are recoverable
from the Council as a debt. Any dispute as to the amount of
those costs is to be determined by the Director-General of the
Department of Local Government.
[3] Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert after clause 30:
Part 9 Provision consequent on enactment of
City of Sydney Amendment (Electoral
Rolls) Act 2003
31 Electoral rolls prepared before commencement of City of
Sydney Amendment (Electoral Rolls) Act 2003
A reference in section 18B to a non-residential roll prepared
and confirmed for a previous election extends to a roll
prepared and confirmed for an election for the City of Sydney
under section 299 or 300 of the Principal Act before the
commencement of section 18B.
[4] The whole Act
Omit "ratable" wherever occurring. Insert instead "rateable".
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Schedule 2 Consequential amendment of Local Government Act 1993
Schedule 2 Consequential amendment of Local
Government Act 1993
(Section 4)
Section 301 Roll of electors
Omit "non-residential roll kept" from section 301 (1).
Insert instead "non-residential roll prepared".
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