Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where, but for
this subsection, the Electoral Commissioner or an enrolment officer is
required or permitted under this Act to record particulars in a written form
on a roll, the Electoral Commissioner or enrolment officer may do so by
recording or storing those particulars, or causing those particulars to be
recorded or stored, on a mechanical, electrical or other device approved by
the Electoral Commissioner.
(2) Where the
Electoral Commissioner or an enrolment officer is required or permitted under
this Act to vary or remove particulars which, but for this section, would be
on a roll but which have been recorded or stored in accordance with this
section, the Electoral Commissioner or enrolment officer shall do so by
varying or removing the particulars so recorded or stored, or causing the
particulars so recorded or stored to be varied or removed, as the case may be.
[(3) repealed]
(4) Where the
Electoral Commissioner or an enrolment officer who is required under this Act
to enter particulars on, vary particulars on, or remove particulars from, a
roll complies with the requirement by taking action in accordance with this
section, the Electoral Commissioner or enrolment officer shall, for the
purposes of this Act, including any provisions imposing obligations on the
Electoral Commissioner or enrolment officer, be taken to have entered those
particulars on the roll, varied those particulars or removed those
particulars, as the case may be.
(5) Sections 54
and 55 do not apply to alterations of a roll made pursuant to this section.
(6) A reference in
this section to the entering or recording of particulars on a roll
includes a reference to the making of annotations on a roll.
[Section 62A inserted by No. 79 of 1987
s. 18; amended by No. 36 of 2000 s. 28(1) and (2).]
[Heading inserted by No. 36 of 2000
s. 63.]