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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 35

35—Determination of objection

        (1)         When a person has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to answer an objection under this Division, the electoral registrar may, after considering the answer (if any) made to the objection—

            (a)         reject the objection; or

            (b)         uphold the objection and, according to the nature of the case—

                  (i)         remove the name of the person to whom the objection relates from the roll; or

                  (ii)         transfer the enrolment of the person to whom the objection relates to the roll for the appropriate subdivision; or

                  (iii)         change the address in respect of which the person to whom the objection relates is enrolled.

        (2)         No name may be removed from a roll in pursuance of this section between the time at which the rolls for an election in the relevant district close and polling day for that election.

        (3)         Where a decision is made on an objection under this section, the electoral registrar must give written notice to the person to whose enrolment objection is taken and, if the objection was not made by the electoral registrar, the objector, of—

            (a)         the decision made on the objection; and

            (b)         the reasons for that decision; and

            (c)         if applicable, the rights of the person to whom the notice is given to seek a review of the decision.



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