(1) The Electoral
Commissioner, in accordance with the regulations, must ensure that access to
any rolls for elections that are in electronic form is available to each of
the following —
(a) for
a Council election —
(i)
the returning officer;
(ii)
the returning officer for the district;
(iii)
the presiding officers and other officers at places to
vote;
(b) for
an election in a district —
(i)
the returning officer for the district;
(ii)
the presiding officers and other officers at places to
vote in the district.
(2) If the roll for a
district that forms part of the roll for a Council election is in printed form
—
(a) the
Electoral Commissioner must ensure that a copy of the printed roll is
delivered to the returning officer; and
(b)
before voting in the election occurs in the district —
(i)
the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that sufficient
copies of the printed roll are delivered to the returning officer for the
district; and
(ii)
the returning officer for the district must ensure that
sufficient copies of the printed roll are delivered to each presiding officer
for a place to vote in the district.
(3) If the roll for an
election in a district is in printed form, before voting in the election
occurs in the district —
(a) the
Electoral Commissioner must ensure that sufficient copies of the printed roll
are delivered to the returning officer for the district; and
(b) the
returning officer must ensure that sufficient copies of the printed roll are
delivered to each presiding officer for a place to vote in the district.
(4) Subsection (3)
does not have to be complied with if the election has the same polling day as
a Council election and copies of the roll are delivered under subsection
(2)(b).
(5) Subsection (2)(b)
or (3) does not apply if voting in the election is not required or the
election is deemed to have wholly failed.
[Section 93C inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]