New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CITY OF SYDNEY ACT 1988 - SECT 18A

18A Electoral Commissioner to prepare roll of non-resident owners and roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees

(1) Not later than the closing date for an election, the Electoral Commissioner is to prepare and confirm the following rolls for the election:

(a) "the roll of non-resident owners of rateable land", being a roll of persons who are entitled to be enrolled as electors as owners of rateable land in the City of Sydney and have applied for the inclusion of their names on the roll for the election,

(b) "the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees", being a roll of persons who are entitled to be enrolled as electors as ratepaying lessees or occupiers of rateable land in the City of Sydney and have applied for the inclusion of their names on the roll for the election.

(2) A roll prepared under this section lapses after the election for which it is prepared.

(3) Sections 299 and 300 of the Principal Act do not apply to any election for the City of Sydney.

(4) References in section 301 of the Principal Act to the non-residential roll prepared and confirmed under section 299 for the area and the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees prepared and confirmed under section 300 for the area are in the operation of that section in respect of the City of Sydney to be read as references to, respectively, the roll of non-resident owners of rateable land prepared and confirmed under this section and the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees prepared and confirmed under this section.

(5) References in Division 2 of Part 6 of Chapter 10 of the Principal Act to the general manager are in the operation of that Division in respect of the City of Sydney to be read as references to the Electoral Commissioner.