Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 46

46 .         Where enrolment officer considers qualification insufficient or incorrect

        (1)         If the enrolment officer has reason to believe that the qualification of the claimant as set out in his claim is insufficient or incorrect he may, if he thinks fit, refer the claim to — 

            (a)         any officer mentioned in section 35, qualified in his opinion to report thereon;

            (b)         an officer of the Australian Electoral Commission established by section 6 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , if he has reason to believe that an officer of that Commission is willing to report thereon.

        (2)         An officer to whom a claim is referred under subsection (1)(a) shall forthwith make all necessary inquiries and report to the enrolment officer.

        (3)         If a report from an officer mentioned in subsection (1) is adverse to the claimant, the  enrolment officer shall object to the claim under section 47(3)(a) or, if the claimant has been enrolled, to the enrolment under section 48(3)(a).

        [Section 46 inserted by No. 9 of 1983 s. 11; amended by No. 36 of 2000 s. 28(2) and 29.]