Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.30

4.30 .         Eligibility of non-resident owners and occupiers to be enrolled

        (1)         A person is eligible to be enrolled to vote at elections for a district or ward (the electorate ) if the person —

            (a)         is enrolled as an elector for the Legislative Assembly or the House of Representatives in respect of a residence outside the electorate; and

            (b)         owns or occupies rateable property within the electorate; and

            (c)         has made a successful eligibility claim that still has effect under section 4.33.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) a person is to be regarded as being enrolled as an elector for the Legislative Assembly or the House of Representatives even if his or her name has been omitted in error from an electoral roll under the Electoral Act 1907 or the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 .

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) an eligibility claim is successful if it is accepted under section 4.32, whether or not the acceptance is before the close of enrolments, as defined in section 4.39(1).

        (4)         A person who is eligible under subsection (1) to vote at an election held less than 50 days after the commencement of the Local Government Amendment Act 2009 section 13 is eligible to vote at that election.

        [Section 4.30 amended: No. 17 of 2009 s. 13.]