Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 17A

17A .         Enrolled voters leaving Australia and retaining enrolment under Commonwealth Act

        (1)         This section applies to a person if —

            (a)         the name of the person appeared on —

                  (i)         the roll for a district or sub-district; and

                  (ii)         the electoral roll maintained under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 for a Commonwealth subdivision in the State,

                in respect of the same address; and

            (b)         by virtue of an application made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 94(1) before the person ceased to reside in Australia, the name of the person is retained on the electoral roll maintained under that Act for the Commonwealth subdivision referred to in paragraph (a)(ii); and

            (c)         the Commonwealth roll referred to in paragraph (b) is annotated to indicate that the person is an eligible overseas elector under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 94.

        (2)         While the name of the person continues to be included on the Commonwealth roll referred to in subsection (1)(b) with the annotation referred to in subsection (1)(c) —

            (a)         the name of the person is to be retained on the roll for the district or sub-district referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i); and

            (b)         the person is entitled to vote at —

                  (i)         any election in the region of which the district or sub-district forms part; and

                  (ii)         any election in the district or the district of which the sub-district forms part.

        [Section 17A inserted by No. 64 of 2006 s. 17.]