South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person is
entitled to be enrolled on the roll for a subdivision if the person—
(a) has
attained the age of 18 years; and
(b)
—
(i)
is an Australian citizen; or
(ii)
is a person who by virtue of his or her status as a
British subject was, at some time within the period of three months commencing
on 26 October, 1983, enrolled under the repealed Act as an Assembly elector or
enrolled on an electoral roll maintained under a law of the Commonwealth or a
Territory of the Commonwealth; and
(c) has
his or her principal place of residence in the subdivision and has lived at
that place of residence for a continuous period of at least one month
immediately preceding the date of the claim for enrolment; and
(d) is
not of unsound mind.
(2) A person is
entitled to provisional enrolment on the roll for a subdivision if—
(a) he
or she has attained the age of 17 years; and
(b) he
or she would, if he or she had attained the age of 18 years, have been
entitled to be enrolled on the roll for that subdivision under
subsection (1).
(3) No person is
entitled to be at the same time enrolled for more than one subdivision.
(4) Where a person is
imprisoned within the State, it will be presumed, for the purposes of this
Act, that the prisoner's principal place of residence is—
(a) the
place that constituted the prisoner's principal place of residence immediately
before the commencement of the imprisonment; or
(b)
if—
(i)
the prisoner, or a parent, spouse, domestic partner or
child of the prisoner who was residing with the prisoner immediately before
the commencement of the imprisonment, acquires during the term of imprisonment
some other place of residence in lieu of the place referred to in
paragraph (a);
(ii)
the prisoner intends to reside at that new place of
residence on release from prison;
(iii)
the prisoner elects to be enrolled in respect of that
place,
that place; or
(c)
if—
(i)
there is no place of residence in the State in respect of
which the prisoner may be enrolled under paragraph (a) or (b); and
(ii)
the prisoner has been sentenced to imprisonment for 2
years or more—
the place at which the prisoner is imprisoned.
(5) A prisoner will,
for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to enrolment, and
entitlement to vote, be taken to reside at the place that constitutes the
prisoner's principal place of residence under subsection (4).
(6) In this
section—
"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning
of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under
that Act or not;
"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.