Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.39

4.39 .         Close of enrolments

        (1)         In order to be included on the electoral roll for the election a person must be an elector of the district or ward, as the case requires, as at 5 p.m. on the 57 ^th day before election day (the close of enrolments ).

        (2)         Statewide public notice of the time and date of the close of enrolments must be given on or after the 77 ^th day, but not later than on the 63 ^rd day, before election day by —

            (a)         the Electoral Commissioner if the Electoral Commissioner is responsible for the conduct of the election; or

            (b)         the CEO in any other case.

        (3)         The notice is to give details of the steps that a person can take to become an elector before the close of enrolments [i.e. enrolling as an elector for the Legislative Assembly in respect of a residence in the district or ward (section 4.29) or making an enrolment eligibility claim in respect of the district or ward (sections 4.30 and 4.32)] .

        (4)         If, under section 4.37(3), a previous electoral roll is going to be used for the election, no notice is to be published under subsection (2).

        [Section 4.39 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 22; No. 16 of 2019 s. 13; No. 11 of 2023 s. 33.]