New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES REGULATION 2015 - REG 54

54 Objections to enrolment

(1) Before the close of enrolments, the returning officer and any person who is entitled to vote in an election may object to the inclusion in the final roll of:

(a) the name of any person, or

(b) the particular voting entitlement for any person.

(2) An objection made by a person other than the returning officer must:

(a) be in:

(i) Form 3, if the objection relates to the inclusion of the name of any person in the final roll for the election, or

(ii) Form 4, if the objection relates to the inclusion of a particular voting entitlement for any person in the final roll for the election, and

(b) state the grounds on which it is made, and

(c) be signed by the objector, and

(d) be lodged with the returning officer.

(3) The returning officer must send particulars of an objection (whether made by the returning officer or another person) to the person to whom the objection relates.

(4) The person to whom an objection relates may lodge a written reply with the returning officer within 14 days after the date on which particulars of the objection were sent to that person.

(5) The returning officer must consider each objection, and any reply received within that 14-day period, and may make such inquiries as the returning officer thinks fit.

(6) The returning officer may accept or reject an objection.

(7) If the returning officer accepts an objection relating to the inclusion of a person's name in the final roll for the election, the returning officer must:

(a) exclude the name of the person to whom the objection relates from the final roll for the election, and

(b) inform that person and the objector (where the objection is made by a person other than the returning officer), in writing, that the person's name has been so excluded.

(8) If the returning officer accepts an objection relating to the inclusion of a particular voting entitlement for a person in the final roll for the election, the returning officer must:

(a) amend the final roll for the election so as to ensure that it reflects the person's true voting entitlement, and

(b) inform that person and the objector (where the objection is made by a person other than the returning officer), in writing, that the person's voting entitlement has been so amended.

(9) If the returning officer rejects an objection, the returning officer must notify the person to whom the objection relates and the objector (where the objection is made by a person other than the returning officer), in writing, that the returning officer has rejected the objection.

(10) The returning officer may require a person who lodges an objection, or who replies to an objection, to verify the objection or reply by statutory declaration.