Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT - SECT 88

(1) The Electoral Commission must prepare a new roll for an area or ward whenever it is necessary to do so in order to allow for the conduct of an election or poll of electors.

(2) If the address of an elector is suppressed from a roll prepared under the Electoral Act , it must also be suppressed from the roll prepared for this Act.

(3) The Electoral Commission must make the roll available to the returning officer as soon as practicable after the close of the roll for the election or poll.

(4) An electoral roll closes for an election or a poll of electors on a date determined in accordance with the regulations.

(5) When an electoral roll closes, it must be available for public inspection until the conclusion of the election or poll at the Electoral Commission's public offices.

(6) Access is to be permitted to the electoral roll for the area or ward on the same basis as access to a roll under the Electoral Act .