Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 76A

76A .         Who is qualified to be elected as member of Parliament

        (1)         Unless this Act or another enactment provides otherwise, a person who —

            (a)         has reached the age of 18; and

            (b)         is not subject to any legal incapacity; and

            (c)         is an Australian citizen; and

            (d)         has resided in the State for one year; and

            (e)         is an elector entitled to vote in an election in a district,

                is qualified to be elected as a member of the Council or the Assembly.

        (2)         The reference in subsection (1)(e) to an elector entitled to vote in an election in a district includes a reference to a person if —

            (a)         the person is entitled to be an elector enrolled to vote in an election in a district; and

            (b)         the person’s name appeared on the register of electors or the person has made a claim for enrolment; and

            (c)         by mistake, the Electoral Commissioner or an enrolment officer has omitted or removed the person’s name from the register of electors or has not included the person’s name on the register of electors.

        [Section 76A inserted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 27(1); amended: No. 30 of 2023 s. 66.]