ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 25 Power to refuse to include inappropriate names on register

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 25

    (1)     The Commission may refuse to include a person's name on the register of electors if—

        (a)     the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages has determined that the name is a prohibited name within the meaning of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 ; or

        (b)     the Commission considers that—

              (i)     the name is fictitious, frivolous or obscene; or

              (ii)     the name is not the name by which the person is usually known; or

              (iii)     the name was not registered as the person's name under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 or the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Act 1959 ; or

              (iv)     the name is not written in the alphabet used for the English language; or

              (v)     it is contrary to the public interest to include the name.

    (2)     If the Commission decides to refuse to include a person's name on the register of electors under subsection (1), the Commission must—

        (a)     notify the person in writing of that decision; and

        (b)     advise the person that the person is entitled at any time within one month after the receipt of the notice to appeal to the Tribunal for an order directing that the person's name be included on the register of electors.