LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 267
Who has the right to vote?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 267
Who has the right to vote?
267 Who has the right to vote?
(1) A person whose name is on the roll kept
under Division 2 of Part 6 for a ward is entitled to vote--
(a) at an election
of councillors for the ward, and
(b) at an election of the mayor by all the
electors of the area.
(2) A person who changes his or her name from that on
the roll may, until the roll is corrected, vote under the enrolled name.
(3)
The right of an enrolled person to vote at an election is not affected by--
(a) a change of residence within a ward or within an area that is not divided
into wards, or
(b) a change in the qualification that entitles an enrolled
person to vote.
(4) A person who--
(a) is qualified in respect of more than
one parcel of land to be enrolled for a ward, and
(b) is enrolled in respect
of only one of the parcels, and
(c) ceases to be qualified in respect of that
parcel,
is not disqualified from voting at an election held while the person
is enrolled in respect of that parcel if the returning officer is satisfied
that the person is then qualified in respect of another of the parcels.
(5)
This section does not confer a right to vote at an election on a person who by
or under this Act is disqualified from voting, or is not qualified to vote, at
the election.
