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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 33

33—Right of objection

        (1)         Any elector may object to—

            (a)         the enrolment of a particular person as an elector; or

            (b)         the enrolment of a particular person on the roll for a particular subdivision; or

            (c)         the enrolment of a particular person on the roll for a subdivision in respect of a particular address.

        (2)         An electoral registrar, if of the opinion that a person whose name appears on a roll for a subdivision

            (a)         should not be enrolled as an elector; or

            (b)         should not be enrolled on the roll for that subdivision; or

            (c)         should be enrolled on the roll for that subdivision but in respect of a different address,

will object to the enrolment.

        (3)         An objection—

            (a)         must be in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner; and

            (b)         must set out the grounds on which the objection is made; and

            (c)         in the case of an objection under subsection (1)—must be accompanied by a deposit of $2.

        (4)         A deposit under subsection (3)(c) must be returned to the objector on determination of the objection unless the electoral registrar is of the opinion that the objector had no reasonable grounds for making the objection, in which case it will be forfeited to the Crown.



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