Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where a person
claiming enrolment under this Act considers that having a residence shown on a
roll would place the personal safety of that person or members of the family
of that person, at risk, that person may lodge with the claim a request, in
the prescribed form, that the residence not be entered on the rolls.
(2)
Where —
(a) the
residence of a person is included in the particulars relating to the person
that are entered on a roll; and
(b) the
person considers that having the residence so shown places the personal safety
of that person, or members of the family of that person, at risk,
the person may lodge
with the Electoral Commissioner a request, in the prescribed form, that the
residence be deleted from the particulars that are entered on the roll and the
Electoral Commissioner is to cause the request to be referred to an enrolment
officer.
(3) A request under
subsection (1) or (2) shall give particulars of the relevant risk and
shall be verified by statutory declaration by the person making the request or
some other person.
(4)
Where —
(a) a
request has been made under subsection (1) or (2); and
(b)
the enrolment officer to whom the request was referred is satisfied that
having the residence of the person making the request shown on a roll would
place or places the personal safety of the person or members of the family of
that person, at risk,
(c)
where the request is lodged under subsection (1), shall not include the
residence of the person in the particulars that are entered on a roll; and
(d)
where the request is lodged under subsection (2), subject to
section 53, shall delete the residence of the person from the particulars
that are entered on the roll.
(5) Where an enrolment
officer grants or refuses a request made by a person under subsection (1)
or (2), the enrolment officer shall notify the person in writing of the
decision.
(6) Notwithstanding
anything contained in section 54, where a residence is deleted from a
roll under subsection (4), the particulars so deleted shall be
obliterated.
(7) An enrolment
officer shall, when directed to do so by the Electoral Commissioner, conduct a
review of a roll in relation to electors whose residences are not shown on the
roll by virtue of this section and, upon completion of the review, shall
make such alterations to the roll as the enrolment officer thinks necessary to
ensure that the only electors whose residences are not shown on the roll by
virtue of this section are electors the personal safety of whom or of
whose family, the enrolment officer is satisfied, would be at risk if their
address were shown on the roll.
[Section 51B inserted by No. 76 of 1984
s. 9; amended by No. 40 of 1987 s. 84; No. 36 of 2000
s. 28(1) and (2).]