Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 31A

31A .         Arrangement with Commonwealth for sharing of information to revise register of electors

        (1)         The Governor may arrange with the Governor General of the Commonwealth for the Australian Electoral Officer to notify the Electoral Commissioner (whether in lists or otherwise) of the name and description of —

            (a)         each person whose name is removed, in accordance with the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , from a Commonwealth roll for this State on the ground that the person is no longer living at the address in respect of which the person was enrolled; and

            (b)         each person whose enrolment on a Commonwealth roll for this State is updated or transferred under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 103A; and

            (c)         each person whose name is entered on a Commonwealth roll for this State under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 103B.

        (2)         During any period when an arrangement is in operation under subsection (1), section 35A has effect despite anything in this Act other than section 76AB.

        (3)         An arrangement for notification under subsection (1)(b) or (c) may relate to additions to or alterations of a Commonwealth roll whether made before or after the commencement of the Electoral Amendment Act 2016 section 7.

        [Section 31A inserted: No. 14 of 2016 s. 7; amended: No. 30 of 2023 s. 23.]

[ 31AB .         Deleted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 24.]