ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 35
ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 35
(1) When a person has
been afforded a reasonable opportunity to answer an objection under this
Division, the electoral registrar may, after considering the answer (if any)
made to the objection—
(a)
reject the objection; or
(b)
uphold the objection and, according to the nature of the case—
(i)
remove the name of the person to whom the objection
relates from the roll; or
(ii)
transfer the enrolment of the person to whom the
objection relates to the roll for the appropriate subdivision; or
(iii)
change the address in respect of which the person to whom
the objection relates is enrolled.
(2) No name may be
removed from a roll in pursuance of this section between the time at which the
rolls for an election in the relevant district close and polling day for that
election.
(3) Where a decision
is made on an objection under this section, the electoral registrar must give
written notice to the person to whose enrolment objection is taken and, if the
objection was not made by the electoral registrar, the objector, of—
(a) the
decision made on the objection; and
(b) the
reasons for that decision; and
(c) if
applicable, the rights of the person to whom the notice is given to seek a
review of the decision.