ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 76A

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 76A

76A .         Who is qualified to be elected as member of Parliament

        (1)         Unless this Act or another enactment provides otherwise, a person who —

            (a)         has reached the age of 18; and

            (b)         is not subject to any legal incapacity; and

            (c)         is an Australian citizen; and

            (d)         has resided in the State for one year; and

            (e)         is an elector entitled to vote at an election in a district,

                is qualified to be elected as a member of the Council or the Assembly.

        (2)         The reference in subsection (1)(e) to an elector entitled to vote at an election in a district includes a reference to a person if —

            (a)         the person is qualified to be an elector entitled to vote at an election in a district; and

            (b)         the person’s name appeared on a roll or the person has made a claim for enrolment; and

            (c)         by mistake, the Electoral Commissioner or an enrolment officer has omitted or removed the person’s name from a roll or has not included the person’s name on a roll.

        [Section 76A inserted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 27(1).]