Western Australian Current Regulations

ELECTORAL REGULATIONS 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Terms used  
   3.      Reference in declaration or statement to district includes reference to whole of State electorate  
   4.      Regulations apply to more than one election held on same day

   PART 2 -- Forms  

   6.      Form of declaration by officer (Act s. 15A)  
           7. Forms prescribed etc. (Sch. 3)

   PART 3 -- Register of electors, extracts and rolls  

   7A.     Details of persons to be on register of electors (Act s. 40A)  
           7B. Content of register extracts under Act s. 62AA (Act s. 62A(4))  
           7C. Omitting names of silent electors when disclosing particular enrolment information (Act s. 62AC(5))  
           8. Content of rolls (Act s. 76AF)  
           10. Manner of marking register of electors prescribed (Act s. 47(3)(g))  
           10A. Manner prescribed of recording on roll the issue of ballot paper (Act s. 98A(1)(b))

   PART 4 -- Absent and provisional voting  

   11.     Manner of absent voting (Act s. 97I)  
           12. Prescribed declarations for declaration voting  
   13.     Manner of provisional voting (Act s. 97I and 98B)  
           14. Records about absent and provisional votes  
   15.     Dealing with absent and provisional votes in ballot boxes  
   16.     Scrutinising declarations with particular absent and provisional votes  
   17.     Counting of absent votes if roll marked on the day

   PART 4A -- Postal voting  

   18.     Numbering application for postal vote application (Act s. 100C)  
           19. Scrutiny of declarations provided with postal ballot papers (Act s. 100M)  
           20. Records of postal ballot paper

   PART 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   22.     Enrolment procedure; person not enrolled, Commissioner’s powers as to etc.  
   22A.    Procedure if same person relied on as member by 2 or more political parties (Act s. 62CA)  
           22C. Prescribed watermark for official paper (Act s. 94A(2)(a))  
           23. Person not voting, matters prescribed in relation to (Act s. 156)  
           24. Appointment of scrutineer (Act s. 137 and 146C)  
           25. Manner prescribed of verifying nomination made by message sent electronically (Act s. 156C)  
           26. Manner prescribed of declaring election after re‑count (Act s. 156D(8))  
           27. Officer prescribed (Act s. 162(1)(ca))  
           28. Public employee etc. standing for election to take leave etc.  
   29.     Transmission and destruction of records of election  
   29A.    Articles prescribed that can be used for electoral advertising (Act s. 187(2)(d))

   PART 6 -- Transitional  

   31.     Transitional provision for Electoral Amendment Regulations 2022
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3