Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 77

    (1)     If—

        (a)     an elector is enrolled on the Commonwealth roll; and

        (b)     under the Commonwealth Electoral Act, section 104 the particulars of the elector's address have not been included on, or have been deleted from, the Commonwealth roll;

the commissioner shall suppress the particulars of the elector's address from any extract from the roll on which the elector is enrolled under this Act.

    (2)     If an elector is not enrolled on the Commonwealth roll, on the elector's request for the suppression of particulars of his or her address from an extract from any roll, the commissioner shall—

        (a)     grant the request; or

        (b)     refuse the request.

    (3)     A request shall—

        (a)     set out the reasons for the request; and

        (b)     be verified by statutory declaration.

Note      If a form is approved under s 340A (Approved forms) for a request, the form must be used.

    (4)     The commissioner shall grant a request under subsection (2) if he or she is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the inclusion of the particulars of the elector's address on an extract from the roll would place at risk the personal safety of the elector or any member of the elector's family.

    (5)     After making a decision about a request under subsection (2), the commissioner shall give the person who made the request—

        (a)     if the request is granted—written notice of the decision; or

        (b)     if the request is refused—a internal review notice about the decision.