COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 114 Objection to enrolment
COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 114
Objection to enrolment(1) A person enrolled for a Subdivision may object to the enrolment of another person for that Subdivision on the ground, other than the ground specified in paragraph 93(8)(a), that the other person is not entitled to be enrolled for that Subdivision.
(1A) An elector may object to the enrolment of another person on the ground specified in paragraph 93(8)(a), whether or not the elector is enrolled in the same Subdivision as the other person.
(1B) A person enrolled for a Subdivision may object to the enrolment of another person for that Subdivision on the ground that:
(a) the other person's name has been placed on the Roll for that Subdivision in respect of a particular address; and
(b) at the date of the objection, the other person does not live at that address, and has not lived at that address for a period of at least one month; and
(c) the other person is not:
(ii) entitled to remain enrolled under section 96A (enrolment of prisoners).
(1C) A person must not object under subsection (1) to the enrolment of another person if the person could object under subsection (1B) to the enrolment of the other person.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner shall object to the enrolment of a person for a Subdivision of a Division if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person is not entitled to be enrolled for that Subdivision.
(3) The Electoral Commissioner shall not object on the ground set out in paragraph 93(8)(a).
(4) The Electoral Commissioner must object to the enrolment of a person for a Subdivision of a Division if:
(a) the person's name has been placed on the Roll for that Subdivision in respect of a particular address; and
(b) at the date of the objection, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person does not live at that address, and has not lived at that address for a period of at least one month; and
(c) the person is not:
(ii) entitled to remain enrolled under section 96A (enrolment of prisoners).
(5) The Electoral Commissioner must not object under subsection (2) to the enrolment of a person if the Electoral Commissioner could object under subsection (4) to the enrolment of the person.
(6) The Electoral Commissioner must not object under subsection
(2) or (4) of this section to the enrolment of a person if the
Electoral Commissioner has given the person a notice under subsection
103A(2) after becoming aware of the grounds mentioned in subsection (2)
or (4) of this section.