ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 33
ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 33
(1) Any elector may
object to—
(a) the
enrolment of a particular person as an elector; or
(b) the
enrolment of a particular person on the roll for a particular subdivision; or
(c) the
enrolment of a particular person on the roll for a subdivision in respect of a
particular address.
(2) An electoral
registrar, if of the opinion that a person whose name appears on a roll for a
subdivision—
(a)
should not be enrolled as an elector; or
(b)
should not be enrolled on the roll for that subdivision; or
(c)
should be enrolled on the roll for that subdivision but in respect of a
different address,
will object to the enrolment.
(a) must
be in a form approved by the Electoral Commissioner; and
(b) must
set out the grounds on which the objection is made; and
(c) in
the case of an objection under subsection (1)—must be accompanied
by a deposit of $2.
(4) A deposit under
subsection (3)(c) must be returned to the objector on determination of
the objection unless the electoral registrar is of the opinion that the
objector had no reasonable grounds for making the objection, in which case it
will be forfeited to the Crown.