{"id":"C1930L00010","name":"Joint Electoral Rolls (Commonwealth and Victoria) Regulations","slug":"c1930l00010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"10 of 1930","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":380274,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1930L00010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Joint Electoral Rolls (Commonwealth and Victoria) Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1930\\. No. 10.\n\n————\n\nREGULATIONS RELATING TO JOINT ELECTORAL ROLLS IN THE STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nWHEREAS pursuant to the powers him thereunto enabling the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia entered into an arrangement with the Governor in Council of the State of Victoria for the preparation, alteration and revision jointly of Commonwealth Electoral Rolls and State Assembly Electoral Rolls in the said State:\n\nAnd whereas Regulations for the purpose of carrying the said arrangement into effect were made by the said Governor-General and the Governor in Council on the sixth day of March, 1924:\n\nAnd whereas it is desirable to repeal those Regulations and to substitute other Regulations therefor:\n\nNow, therefore, I, the Governor-General, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1929 to the intent that they shall have force in relation to the joint Rolls to be prepared and kept in the State of Victoria in pursuance of the said recited arrangement.\n\nDated the Seventeenth day of January, 1930.\n\nStonehaven,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![C1930L00010.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\n\n \n\nJOINT ELECTORAL (COMMONWEALTH AND VICTORIA) REGULATIONS 1930.\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nShort title and commencement.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and Victoria) Regulations, and shall come into operation on the twentieth day of January 1930, but the Chief Electoral Officer for the Commonwealth and the Chief Electoral Officer for the State of Victoria may permit the continuance of the use of Forms repealed by these Regulations for such time, after the commencement of these Regulations, as they consider desirable.\n\nParts.\n\n2\\. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nPart II.—Electoral.\n\nDivision 1.—Enrolment.\n\nDivision 2.—Objections.\n\nDivision 3.—Miscellaneous.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3\\. (1) In these Regulations unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“the Assembly” means the Legislative Assembly of the State of Victoria;\n\n“the Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer for the Commonwealth appointed pursuant to the Commonwealth Electoral Act;\n\n“the Commonwealth Electoral Act” means the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, as amended from time to time;\n\n“the Commonwealth Electoral Officer” means the Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State of Victoria appointed pursuant to the Commonwealth Electoral Act;\n\n“The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928” means the Act bearing that title of the State of Victoria, and includes any Act amending that Act;\n\n“the Divisional Returning Officer” means the Commonwealth Divisional Returning Officer for the Commonwealth Electoral Division in relation to which the expression is used;\n\n“the Registrar” means the Electoral Registrar for the Commonwealth Subdivision and the State Assembly Subdivision in relation to which the expression is used;\n\n“the State Chief Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer for the State of Victoria appointed pursuant to The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928.\n\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a form shall be read as a reference to a form in the Schedule to these Regulations.\n\nApplication of these Regulations.\n\n4\\. These Regulations shall apply in relation to joint Rolls in the State of Victoria.\n\nApplication of other Commonwealth and State Electoral Regulations.\n\n5\\. The Electoral and Referendum Regulations made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act and the Regulations made under the provisions of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928 shall not apply in relation to the joint Rolls in respect of matters for which provision is made by these Regulations but shall, to the extent to which they are applicable, apply in respect of other matters.\n\n \n\nPart II.—Electoral.\n\nDivision 1.—Enrolment.\n\nForm of joint roll.\n\n6\\. (1) The Roll to be used jointly for Commonwealth elections and also State elections for the Assembly may be in accordance with Form 1 and shall contain the particulars indicated therein.\n\n(2) Where a person whose name is on the joint Roll is not enrolled thereon as an Assembly elector, an asterisk (\\*) shall be placed against his name to indicate that he is not so enrolled.\n\n(3) Where a person whose name is on the joint Roll is not enrolled thereon as a Commonwealth elector, a circle (o) shall be placed against his name to indicate that he is not so enrolled.\n\nSale of electoral rolls.\n\n7. (1) The prices at which Rolls are sold shall be as follows:—\n\n| | s. | d. |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- |\n| Principal Roll for a Division.......................... | 2 | 0 |\n| Principal Roll for an Assembly District................... | 1 | 0 |\n| Principal Roll for a Subdivision........................ | 0 | 6 |\n| Supplemental Roll for a Division or an Assembly District....... | 0 | 6 |\n| Supplemental Roll for a Subdivision..................... | 0 | 3 |\n\n(2) Moneys received from the sale of joint Rolls shall be divided equally between the Commonwealth and the State.\n\nForm of electoral claim.\n\n8\\. (1) The form of claim for enrolment in respect of the place of living of a claimant, or transfer of such enrolment, or notification of change of address within the same subdivision may be in accordance with Form 2, and shall be valid for the Commonwealth notwithstanding that it contains a claim for enrolment, or transfer of enrolment, or change of address for both the Commonwealth and the Assembly, and the form of claim for enrolment, or transfer of enrolment, or change of address, shall be valid for the Assembly, notwithstanding that it contains a claim for enrolment, or transfer of enrolment, or change of address for both the Assembly and the Commonwealth.\n\n(2) Any person, enrolled in respect of his place of living, applying for correction of the entry on the Roll of his name or particulars of enrolment may apply in accordance with Form 2, or in such other form, signed by the applicant, as the Registrar approves.\n\n(3) The form of claim for enrolment as an elector for the Assembly in respect of a property qualification may be in accordance with Form 2a.\n\nRegistration of claim.\n\n9\\. (1) Upon receipt of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or notification of change of address within a Subdivision, or application for the alteration or correction of particulars of an existing enrolment, the Registrar shall note thereon the date of its receipt by him, and if the claim, notification or application is in order and he is satisfied that the claimant is entitled to be enrolled, or to have his name transferred, or the particulars of his enrolment altered or corrected, the Registrar shall forthwith—\n\n(i) enter on the Subdivision Roll the name of the claimant and the particulars relating to him or alter or correct the particulars of his enrolment, as the case requires, and where the claimant is enrolled as a Commonwealth elector only, or as an Assembly elector only, place the appropriate prescribed distinguishing mark opposite the name of the claimant; and\n\n(ii) in the case of an enrolment or a transfer of enrolment, notify the claimant, in accordance with Form 3 or 3a (as the case requires), that he has been enrolled; and\n\n(iii) in the case of a transfer of enrolment, give notice of the transfer to the Registrar keeping the Subdivision Roll from which the elector’s name has been transferred:\n\n \n\nProvided that the Registrar before enrolling a claimant as an Assembly elector, in respect of a property qualification, shall—\n\n(a) obtain from the Registrar for the subdivision in which the claimant resides a certificate in the form authorized by the Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer and the State Chief Electoral Officer to the effect that the claimant is enrolled as an elector for the Assembly on the Roll in force for the subdivision in which he resides; and\n\n(b) verify his claim to such property qualification by inquiry from the proper municipal authority.\n\n(2) An interim acknowledgment of the receipt, after the issue of the writ for a Commonwealth election, and before the close of the polling at the election, of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, may be issued to the elector by the Registrar, in the form authorized by the Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer.\n\n(3) An interim acknowledgment of the receipt of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, during the period commencing on the day following the thirtieth day before the issue of the writs for an Assembly General Election, and terminating at the close of the polling at such election, may be issued to the elector by the Registrar in the form authorized by the State Chief Electoral Officer.\n\nNotification of transfer of enrolment.\n\n10\\. The notification of the transfer of the enrolment of an elector or the enrolments of electors, may be in accordance with Form 4.\n\nReference of claim to Divisional Returning Officer.\n\n11\\. (1) The reference of an electoral claim to the Divisional Returning Officer for his decision pursuant to section 44 (1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and section 164 (1) of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, may be made in the form authorized by the Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer and the State Chief Electoral Officer.\n\n(2) The notification to the claimant of such reference may be in accordance with Form 5.\n\nNotification of rejection of claim.\n\n12\\. (1) The notification by the Divisional Returning Officer to the Registrar of the rejection of an electoral claim may be in the form authorized by the Commonwealth Chief Electoral Officer and the State Chief Electoral Officer.\n\n(2) The notification to the claimant of the rejection of an electoral claim may be in accordance with Form 6.\n\nFormally defective claim.\n\n13. The Registrar, upon receipt of an electoral claim which is not in order by reason of some formal defect only, may send to the claimant a notification in accordance with Form 7 indicating the nature of the defect, and, as the case requires—\n\n(a) return the claim to him for completion or correction; or\n\n(b) furnish him with a fresh form of claim for completion.\n\nCertificate authorizing removal of name.\n\n14\\. The certificate of the Commonwealth Electoral Officer and the State Chief Electoral Officer authorizing the removal of the name of an elector, or the names of electors, from a Roll, and the direction of the Divisional Returning Officer thereon, may be in accordance with Form 8.\n\nNotification of removal of name from roll.\n\n15\\. Where a name is removed from a Roll by direction of the Divisional Returning Officer upon the certificate of the Commonwealth Electoral Officer and the State Chief Electoral Officer, pursuant to paragraph (h) of sub-section (1) of section 47 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act, and paragraph (i) of sub-section (1) of section 166 of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, the Registrar shall send to the elector whose name is so removed a notification in accordance with Form 9.\n\n \n\nChange of electors from one roll to another.\n\n16\\. (1) The change of electors from one Roll to another, in accordance with section 28 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and section 151 of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, shall be effected, where necessary, by removing the names of the electors from the Roll from which they are changed, and by entering the names so removed on the Roll to which they are changed.\n\n(2) In the following cases notice of the change shall be given by notice in the Commonwealth Gazette and the Victoria Government Gazette and in some newspaper circulating in the part affected:—\n\n(a) When a Subdivision is abolished and all electors whose names are on the Roll for that Subdivision are changed to another Subdivision Roll;\n\n(b) When by reason of the alteration of the boundaries of a Division, or of an Assembly District, any Subdivision is changed from one Division or Assembly District to another Division or Assembly District, and all the names of electors which are on the Subdivision Roll for the first-mentioned Division or Assembly District are changed to a Subdivision Roll for the last-mentioned Division or Assembly District; or\n\n(c) When in consequence of a proclamation for the preparation of new Rolls or action thereunder (other than action by an elector), the enrolment of any electors is changed to a Subdivision or Division or Assembly District which differs in name from the Subdivision or Division or Assembly District for which they were enrolled prior to the proclamation, and in the opinion of the officers charged with the preparation of the new Rolls, a reasonably effective notice, generally applicable to all electors in a Subdivision whose enrolments have been changed can be so given.\n\n(3) In any case to which the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply, notice of the change shall be sent by post to each elector concerned, and may be in accordance with Form 10.\n\n\\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\*\n\nDivision 2.—Objections.\n\nNotice of objection.\n\n26\\. (1) The notice of objection lodged by an elector in respect of a name on a Roll as that of an elector of the Commonwealth and the Assembly, or either, may be in accordance with Form 15.\n\n(2) The notice of objection lodged by a Registrar in respect of a name on a Roll as that of an elector of the Commonwealth and the Assembly, or either, and the direction of the Divisional Returning Officer, may be in accordance with Form 16.\n\nNotice to person objected to on the ground of non-residence.\n\n27\\. The notice to be forwarded by the Divisional Returning Officer to a person whose name has been objected to as that of an elector of the Commonwealth and the Assembly, or either, upon the ground of non-residence, may be in accordance with Form 17.\n\nNotice to person objected to on ground other than non-residence.\n\n28\\. The notice to be forwarded by the Divisional Returning Officer to a person whose name has been objected to as that of an elector of the Commonwealth and the Assembly, or either, on a ground other than non-residence, may be in accordance with Form 18.\n\nManner of answering objection.\n\n29\\. Any person against whom an objection has been lodged or made may answer the objection—\n\n(a) by attending before the Divisional Returning Officer at the place mentioned in the notice sent to him by the Divisional Returning Officer and making an oral statement to show that the objection is not good; or\n\n(b) by sending by post, or delivering, to the Divisional Returning Officer at his office a statement in writing to show that the objection is not good.\n\nInquiry into objection.\n\n30\\. Before determining an objection, the Divisional Returning Officer may make such inquiries as he thinks necessary to ascertain the facts in relation to the objection.\n\n \n\nNotice of determination of objection.\n\n31\\. (1) Upon determining an objection the Divisional Returning Officer shall send notice of his decision, in accordance with Form 19, to the objector if the objector is not a Registrar, and to the person objected to if the person objected to has answered the objections within the prescribed period.\n\n(2) Where an objector is a Registrar, notice of the decision on the objection may be sent to him in accordance with the indorsement on Form 16, and such notice may contain a direction for the removal of an elector’s name from the Roll when an objection has been sustained.\n\nDivision 3.—Miscellaneous.\n\nElectoral appeals.\n\n32\\. (1) An application under section 58 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and section 173 of The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, or either, as the case requires, to a court of summary jurisdiction (Court of Petty Sessions) may be made at any time within one calendar month after the receipt of notice under regulation 12 of these Regulations of the rejection of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or of notice under regulation 31 of the determination of an objection, and may be made in writing in the form of a complaint setting out the material facts and asking that the Divisional Returning Officer be summoned to answer the complaint.\n\n(2) Upon the complaint being lodged with him, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons to the Divisional Returning Officer to appear before the court at a time and place mentioned in the summons to answer the complaint and produce all papers connected with the claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or the objection, as the case requires.\n\n(3) The Divisional Returning Officer may, by himself or some person appointed to represent him, appear at the hearing and produce to the court all papers connected with the claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or the objection, as the case requires, but if he does not desire to appear he may send the papers to the clerk, to be produced at the hearing, together with a statement in writing containing such observations as he sees fit to make, and any such statement shall be considered by the court at the hearing.\n\n(4) The Divisional Returning Officer, if present at the hearing, or the person representing him, shall be entitled to be heard.\n\n(5) In this regulation “complaint” shall include any appropriate proceeding for the institution of a proceeding in a court of summary jurisdiction (Court of Petty Sessions).\n\nStrict compliance with forms in the schedule not required.\n\n33\\. Strict compliance with the forms in the Schedule shall not be required, and substantial compliance shall suffice for the purposes of these Regulations.\n\nRepeal of existing Regulations.\n\n34. The Joint Electoral (Commonwealth and Victoria) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1924, No. 37, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1927, No. 13) are repealed.\n\n———\n\n \n\nTHE SCHEDULE.\n\n———\n\nRegulation 6.\n\nForm 1.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nElectoral Roll.\n\nCommonwealth Division of \\[here insert name of Division\\]..........\n\nState Assembly District of \\[here insert name of District\\]...........\n\nRoll of Electors for the Subdivision of \\[here insert name of Subdivision\\]\n\nM signifies Male. F signifies Female.\n\n\\[Here insert, in alphabetical order and numbered consecutively, the names in full of all electors for the Subdivision, specifying as regards each elector his or her place of living, occupation, and sex; and, in the case of a person enrolled in virtue of a property qualification as an elector of the State Assembly, the description and situation of his or her qualifying property.\n\nWhere a person is enrolled in virtue of a property qualification as an elector for the State Assembly only, the name and particulars regarding that person as such elector may be shown in the roll in the following manner:—\n\nHis or her full name shall appear in its place in the roll according to alphabetical and numerical sequence, and the property qualification and other particulars regarding that elector shall be specified at the end of the roll, and a reference to such particulars shall be given opposite the name of the elector where it first appears in the roll.\\]\n\nFootnotes.\n\n\\* Not enrolled on this Roll as a State Assembly Elector.\n\no Not enrolled on this Roll as a Commonwealth Elector. \n\nBefore filling in, or witnessing, this claim, carefully read instruction on other side.\n\nForm 2.\n\nRegulation 8 (1).\n\n\\[Front of Form\\]\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n| Particulars for Enrolment. | Surname...........................Christian Names...................................................(in full)Place of living....................................................(Give full address)..................................................Occupation.................Sex.................................. |\n| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nThe following particulars relating to claimant will not appear on the Roll, but must be stated on this card:—\n\nDate and year Place of Former\n\nof Birth.............................. Birth..................................................... Surname\\*..............................\n\n\\*See Instruction (f) on other side.\n\nTo the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision of.....................................\n\nDivision of.............................................and State Assembly District of.........................................\n\n1.—I am an inhabitant of Australia. 2.—I have lived in Australia for six months continuously, and in Victoria for at least three months.† 3.—I am a natural-born or naturalized subject of the King, am not under the age of 21 years, and am not disqualified for enrolment as a Commonwealth and a State Assembly † elector.\n\n†See Instruction (b) on other side.\n\n4.—I now live and have lived in the above-named Subdivision for a period of not less than one month immediately preceding the date of this claim.\n\n5.—My name is at present enrolled for the....................................................................Subdivision in the State of.............................................in respect of the following address in that Subdivision, namely:—........................................................................................................................................\n\n...............................\n\n6.—I hereby claim enrolment as an elector of the Commonwealth and of the State Assembly, or either, as the case requires, to which I am entitled pursuant to this Claim.\n\nI declare that the whole of the statements made in this Claim are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.\n\n![](image.004.png)Personal Signature\n\nof Claimant ..............................................................Date........../........../19.........\n\nI, the undersigned, am an elector or a person qualified to be an elector of the Commonwealth or the State Assembly, and I certify that I have seen the above-named claimant sign the above claim, and that I either know the statements contained in the claim to be true or have satisfied myself by inquiry of the claimant or otherwise that the said statements are true (Penalty on witness for failure to fully comply with this requirement—£50.\n\nPersonal Signature of Witness (in own handwriting)...................................\n\nOccupation............................Place of living..........................\n\n\\[Back of Form.\\]\n\nForm to be used in respect of both the Commonwealth and the State Assembly, or either, by a qualified person (a) when claiming enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or (b) when notifying a change of address within the same subdivision or applying for the correction of any particulars of an existing enrolment.\n\nNOTE.—The claimant should see that be receives an acknowledgment of this claim in due course. \n\nINSTRUCTIONS TO BE OBSERVED WHEN FILLING IN PARTICULARS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CLAIM.\n\n(a) PLACE OF LIVING.—Full address, including name and street number (if any), of habitation must be inserted.\n\n(b) IF CLAIMANT has not lived in Victoria for at least three months he must strike out the words in italics in paragraphs 2 and 3.\n\n(c) IF CLAIMANT is an aboriginal native of Australia, Asia, Africa, or the islands of the Pacific (except New Zealand), and is qualified for State enrolment, but is disqualified for Commonwealth enrolment, he must strike out the words “Commonwealth and a” in paragraph 3.\n\n(d) PARAGRAPH 5 should be struck out if claimant is NOT already enrolled.\n\n(e) PERSONAL SIGNATURE OF CLAIMANT.—The signature of the Claimant must be his personal signature. If unable to sign his name in his own handwriting, he may make his mark as his signature, but such signature must be made in the presence of the person who signs as witness.\n\n(f) FORMER SURNAME is to be filled in ONLY in the case of a married woman who has changed her name by marriage since her last enrolment.\n\n———\n\nINSTRUCTIONS TO PERSON WITNESSING ELECTORAL CLAIM.\n\n(i) The person witnessing an electoral claim must be an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Commonwealth or the State Assembly.\n\n(ii) A person shall not sign his name as witness—\n\n(a) on any blank electoral claim; or\n\n(b) on any electoral claim which has been wholly or partly filled up unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it; or\n\n(c) on any electoral claim unless he has seen the person, whose signature he purports to witness, sign it.\n\n(iii) A person shall not write on any electoral claim as his own name (a) the name of another person; or (b) any name not being his own name.\n\n| This space to be filled in by Electoral Registrar—Rec’d. (date).........................................................Reg’d (date)...................................................Ack’d (date).........................................................Initials....................................................... |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nN.B.—A map and description of the boundaries of the Subdivision may be inspected at, and Electoral Forms for public use may be obtained from, any Post Office.\n\n———\n\n \n\nRegulation 8 (3).\n\nForm 2a.\n\nForm to be used by a person entitled, in respect of a property qualification, to be enrolled for the State Assembly on the Roll for a Subdivision of a District other than the District in which he resides.\n\nState of Victoria.\n\nThe Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928 (Sections 145 and 161).\n\nLegislative Assembly Electoral Claim.\n\n(Property Qualification.)\n\nTo the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision of the Electoral District\n\nof\n\n1\\. I claim to have my name enrolled on the Roll for the above Subdivision of the above-named Electoral District in virtue of the property qualification hereinafter described.\n\n2\\. My name is enrolled on the Roll in force for the Subdivision of the Electoral District of in virtue of a residential qualification.\n\n3\\. I am\\* (a) the holder of a freehold estate in possession; or\n\n(b) the lessee under an unexpired lease originally created for a term of not less than one year\n\nof the qualifying property known as and situated in the municipal district of , in respect of which my name appears on the citizen burgess or voters’ roll or separate voters’ list of such municipal district.\n\n4\\. I have not made claim for enrolment on any other Roll in force in virtue of a property qualification.\n\nI declare that the whole of the statements made in this claim (including those set out on the back hereof) are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.\n\n| Personal signatureof claimant— | ...................................... |\n| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |\n\n(The signature of the claimant must be his personal signature if unable to sign his name in his own handwriting, he may make his mark as his signature, but such signature must be made in the presence of the person who signs as witness.)\n\nI, the undersigned, being an elector or person qualified to be an elector of the Commonwealth or the State Assembly, certify that I have seen the above named claimant sign the above claim, and that I either know the statements contained in the claim to be true or have satisfied myself by inquiry of the claimant or otherwise that the said statements are true.\n\n(Penalty on witness for failure to fully comply with this requirement—£50.)\n\nPersonal signature of witness...........................................\n\n(in own handwriting)\n\nOccupation—\n\nPlace of living—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nnote.—“Lease” includes a bonâ fide tenancy agreement in writing, and “lessee” includes a tenant under any such agreement.\n\n\\*Strike out ground which does not apply to claim.\n\n \n\n| Particulars for Enrolment | [Back of Form.]Surname—Christian or other name or names in full—Residence (including street and number or name of dwelling)—Occupation (if female, state whether married, widow, or spinster)—Sex—Property of qualification (freehold or leasehold)—Description and situation of qualifying property— |\n| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nSignature of claimant—\n\n| The particulars within this space are to be filled in by the Electoral Registrar. |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Received [date]— |\n| Residential enrolment verified [date]—Property qualification verified [date]— |\n| Registered [date]— |\n| Acknowledged [date]— |\n| Initials of Registrar— |\n\n \n\nForm 3.\n\n\\[Front of Form.\\]\n\nRegulation 9 (1).\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nAcknowledgment of Receipt of Electoral Claim.\n\nTo the elector whose name appears on the back hereof.\n\nYour electoral claim (a)/communication (a) dated..........has been received and, pursuant\n\nthereto, your enrolment for the...................................................\n\nSubdivision of the Commonwealth Division (b) of...............................and State\n\nAssembly District (c) of.........................has been effected or adjusted as required.\n\nPoints for elector to remember—\n\n1\\. You should bear in mind the name of the Subdivision, Division, and State Assembly District for which you are enrolled and retain this acknowledgment as evidence of your enrolment.\n\n2\\. Voting at Elections and Commonwealth Referendums is compulsory.\n\n3\\. If you change your place of living from the address in the Subdivision for which you are enrolled to another address in the same Subdivision you should, within 21 days after making such change, notify the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision of your new address, in the prescribed form.\\*\n\n4\\. If you change your place of living to any other Subdivision you should, after you have lived in that Subdivision for a period of one month, send or deliver to the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision a claim for transfer of enrolment, in the prescribed form,\\* within 21 days after the expiration of that period.\n\nFailure to comply with paragraphs 2, 3, or 4 above will render you liable to a penalty not exceeding £2 (Two pounds).\n\n\\*Obtainable at any Post Office.\n\nElectoral Registrar for the above-named Subdivision.\n\nDate— Address—\n\nNote to Elector.—An elector who is only temporarily absent from his place of living, although the period of such absence may exceed one month, is not thereby deemed to have changed his place of living for the purpose of transfer of enrolment or change of address on the Roll.\n\nDirections to Registrar.—(a) The Registrar will strike out the words “electoral claim” or the word “communication” as the case requires;\n\n(b) If the elector’s enrolment relates to the State only, the Registrar will strike out the words “Commonwealth Division of and”;\n\n(c) If the elector’s enrolment relates to the Commonwealth only, the Registrar will strike out the words “and State Assembly District of ”\n\n————\n\n\\[Back of Form.\\]\n\nO.H.M.S.\n\nCommonwealth Electoral\n\nPaper Only.\n\nPost Free.\n\nTo\n\nM..............................................................\n\n...........................................................\n\n....................................................... \n\nForm 3a.\n\nRegulation 9 (1).\n\nSTATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928.\n\nState Assembly District of—\n\nSubdivision of—\n\nAcknowledgment and Intimation to Elector in Relation to Enrolment in Virtue of a Property Qualification.\n\nTo—\n\nIt is important that you should retain this acknowledgment as evidence of your enrolment.\n\nYour name has been enrolled for the above Subdivision of the State Assembly District, in virtue of a property qualification, pursuant to your claim dated\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nAddress—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n———\n\nRegulation 10.\n\nForm 4.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotification of Transfer of Enrolment.\n\nTo the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nCommonwealth Division of—\n\nState Assembly District of—\n\nYou are requested to remove from the Roll for the above-mentioned Subdivision the name of each elector set out in Column 1 herein, on the ground that the elector has now been enrolled by me as an elector for the Commonwealth and the State Assembly, in pursuance of a claim for transfer of enrolment, for the Subdivision specified in Column 2 opposite the elector’s name.\n\n```html\n

(1)

Particulars appearing in claim for transfer received by me.

(2)

Subdivision for which Elector has now been enrolled.

(3)

Address of Elector in Subdivision Roll kept by you as set out in Paragraph 5 of claim for transfer received by me.

(4)

(To be filled in by Registrar to whom notification addressed.)

Surname.

Christian Names (in full).

Occupation.

Sex.

Name removed (date).

Elector’s Number on Roll (if name in print) or Date of Enrolment (if name in manuscript).

Remarks.

\n```\n\n........................\n\n| Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision (or Subdivisions) specified in Column 2.Commonwealth Division of—State Assembly District of—Dated the day of 19 . | Received (date)—Acted upon and forwarded to Divisional Returning Officer (date)—Signature of Registrar— |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nNotes.—(1) if the elector is enrolled for the Commonwealth only, strike out the references to State Assembly District if the elector is enrolled for the State Assembly only, strike out the references to Commonwealth Division.\n\n(2) Where notifications of transfer of enrolment in this form are required to be sent to another Registrar relating to electors, some of whom are enrolled as Commonwealth electors and State Assembly electors, and others as Commonwealth electors only, or State Assembly electors only, separate forms of notification, each dealing with one description of elector only, should be used. \n\nRegulation 14.\n\nForm 5.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nCommonwealth Division of—\n\nState Assembly District of—\n\nNotification to Claimant of Reference of Electoral Claim.\n\nTo—\n\nAs I am not satisfied that you are entitled to be enrolled for the Subdivision of the—\n\n(a) Commonwealth Division of—\n\n(b) State Assembly District of—\n\n\\[Note.—Strike out (a) or (b) if the case so requires.\\]\n\nin pursuance of your claim dated the day of 19 , I am referring the claim to the Divisional Returning Officer for his decision.\n\nUpon receipt of the Divisional Returning Officer’s decision you will be duly notified in accordance therewith.\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nAddress—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n———\n\nRegulation 12 (2).\n\nForm 6.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotification to Claimant of Rejection of Electoral Claim.\n\nTo—\n\nYou are hereby notified that your claim to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of the—\n\n(a) Commonwealth Division of—\n\n(b) State Assembly District of—\n\n\\[Note.—Strike out (a) or (b) if the case so requires.\\]\n\nhas been rejected by the Divisional Returning Officer on the ground that \\[here specify reason for rejection\\].\n\nYou are entitled, at any time within one calendar month after the receipt of this notification, to appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction (Court of Petty Sessions) for an order directing that your name be added to the Roll.\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nAddress—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n———\n\nRegulation 13.\n\nForm 7.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nCommonwealth Division of—\n\nState Assembly District of—\n\nNotification to Claimant of Formal Defect in Electoral Claim.\n\nTo—\n\nYour claim to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of the above-named Division and District is defective by reason of \\[here set out nature of defect\\].\n\n\\*The claim is forwarded herewith for completion or correction, and return to me without delay.\n\n\\*Please complete the accompanying fresh form of claim and return it to me without delay.\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nAddress—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n\\*The Registrar will strike out whichever of these paragraphs is not applicable to the case. \n\nRegulation 14.\n\nForm 8.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nConsecutive No.\n\nCertificate Authorizing Removal of Names of Electors from Roll, and Direction of Divisional Returning Officer Thereon.\n\nTo the Divisional Returning Officer for the Commonwealth Division of\n\nI certify that each elector named in Column (1) has ceased to be qualified for enrolment on the Roll for the Subdivision specified in Column (2) opposite his name, and has secured enrolment for the Subdivision specified in Column (3) opposite his name.\n\n```html\n

(1)

Surname, Christian Names, Place of Living Occupation and Sex.

(2)

Subdivision for which Elector has ceased to be entitled to be enrolled.

(3)

Subdivision, Commonwealth Division, and State Assembly District, for which Elector has now been enrolled.

(4)

(To be filled in by Registrar.)

Name removed (date).

Form 9 issued (date).

Elector’s Number on Roll (if name in print) or Date of Enrolment (if name in manuscript).

Remarks.

Subdivision.

Commonwealth Division.

State Assembly District.

\n```\n\nCommonwealth Electoral Officer for the\n\nState\n\nState Chief Electoral Officer\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nTo the Electoral Registrar\n\nfor the Subdivision or Subdivisions specified\n\nin Column (2) above.\n\nYou are directed to remove the name of each of the above-named electors from the Roll on which it appears, as specified in Column (2), and to forthwith notify the elector on Form 9. You will specify in Column (4) the action taken by you, and return this form to me for transmission to the Commonwealth Electoral Officer.\n\nDivisional Returning Officer.\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nReceived (date)—\n\nActed upon and returned to Divisional Returning Officer (date)—\n\nSignature of Registrar— \n\nRegulation 15.\n\nForm 9.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotification to Elector of Removal of Name from Roll.\n\nTo—\n\n\\[The full Christian names and surname to be inserted.\\]\n\nOccupation—\n\nAddress—\n\n\\[as appearing on the Roll for the Subdivision from which the name has been removed.\\]\n\nYour name has been removed from the Electoral Roll for the\n\nSubdivision of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of on the ground that you have changed your place of living and have secured enrolment for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of\n\nIf you desire to make any representations in regard to this matter, your communication may be written in the space provided for the purpose at the foot of this form, and should be sent to the Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State of Victoria.\n\nElectoral Registrar.\n\nfor the Subdivision of\n\nDate / /19 .\n\n(Note.—If the notification relates to the Commonwealth Roll only, or to the State Assembly Roll only, the form should be varied accordingly.)\n\n.........................................................................\n\nReply (if any).\n\nPersonal Signature of elector\n\nPresent place of living\n\nWitness to Signature\n\n(Being an elector or person qualified to be an elector.)\n\nOccupation\n\nPlace of living\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n———\n\nRegulation 16.\n\nForm 10.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotification of Change of Enrolment consequent upon Alteration of Boundaries of Divisions, State Assembly Districts, or Subdivisions.\n\nTo....................\n\nYou are hereby informed that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and Section 151 of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria, your name has been removed from the Roll for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Electoral Division of and the State Assembly District of and has been placed on the Roll for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Electoral Division of and the State Assembly District of\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nor\n\nCommonwealth Electoral Officer for the State—\n\nState Chief Electoral Officer.\n\n(as the case requires).\n\nAddress—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nRegulation 26 (1).\n\nForm 15.\n\n\\[Form to be used by an Elector for the same Electoral Subdivision when lodging an objection (which must be accompanied by a deposit of five shillings) in respect of the retention of a name on the Roll as that of an Elector for the Commonwealth and the State Assembly or either.\\]\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Art Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nCommonwealth Division of State Assembly\n\nDistrict of\n\nNotice of Objection.\n\nTo the Divisional Returning Officer for the Commonwealth Division of\n\nI object to the name of\n\n| No. on Roll. | Surname. | Christian Names at full length. | Place of Living as appearing on Roll. | Occupation. | Place of Abode for time being if known to the objector. |\n| ------------ | -------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |\n| | | | | | |\n\nbeing retained on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of , on the ground that \\[here insert ground of objection\\].\n\n(Signature)—\n\n(Occupation)—\n\n(Address)—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nNote.—If an objection is lodged in respect of the name of a person as an elector for the Commonwealth but not as an elector for the State Assembly or vice versa, the words “and the State Assembly District of ” or the words “the Commonwealth Division of and” as the case requires, should be struck out. \n\nRegulation 20 (2).\n\nForm 16.\n\n\\[Form to be used by a Registrar when lodging objections to the retention of names on the Subdivision Roll kept by him as those of Electors for the Commonwealth and the State Assembly, or either.\\]\n\n\\[Front of Form.\\]\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotice of Objection.\n\nTo the Divisional Returning Officer\n\nI object to each undermentioned name being retained on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of on the ground \\[here insert ground of objection\\].\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n```html\n

Person Objected to.

Place of Living as appearing on Roll.

Occupation.

Place of Abode for time being; if known to Registrar.

Registrar’s Initials

No. on Roll.

Surname.

Christian Names at full length.

\n```\n\nNotes.\n\n(a) If an objection is lodged in respect of the name of a person as an elector for the Commonwealth but not as an elector for the State Assembly, or vice versa, the words “and the State Assembly District of ” or the words “the Commonwealth Division of and,” as the case requires, should be struck out.\n\n(b) Where notices of objection are required to be made relating to electors, some of whom are enrolled as Commonwealth electors and State Assembly electors and others as Commonwealth electors only, or State Assembly electors only, separate forms of notification, each dealing with one description of elector only, should be used.\n\n(c) This form mast be prepared in triplicate, one form retained by the Registrar and the other two furnished to the Divisional Returning Officer.\n\n\\[Back of Form.\\]\n\nIndorsement by Divisional Returning Officer.\n\n![](image.006.png)(1) Notices of objection posted by Divisional Returning Officer to persons objected to\n\n![](image.007.png)(2) Date of expiration of period allowed for answers to objections. (See Sec. 57 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and Sec. 172 of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.)\n\n(3) Answers received from—\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNotification to the Registrar for the Subdivision.\n\n(a) Objections sustained excepting as to the following names, viz:—\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ \n\n(b) You are hereby required to forthwith remove from the Roll as—\\[here insert Commonwealth and State Assembly electors or Commonwealth electors only, or State Assembly electors only, as the case requires\\] all the names appearing on the within list of objections, with the exception of those mentioned in the foregoing paragraph (a), in regard to which the objections have not been sustained.\n\nIf any name in the within List has already been removed from the Roll pursuant to a notification of transfer, or from other cause, a notation setting out the reason for the removal, and the date thereof must be inserted opposite the name in the Schedule, e.g.—\n\n“Removed by transfer (date ).”\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Commonwealth Division of\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nAll necessary action taken in accordance with the above direction.\n\nDate / /19 .\n\nElectoral Registrar for the Subdivision of—\n\n————\n\nForm 17.\n\n\\[Front of Form.\\]\n\nRegulation 27.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotice of Objection to Person objected to on the Ground of Non-Residence.\n\nTo the person objected to whose name and address appear on the back hereof:\n\nNotice is hereby given that an objection has been lodged with me by \\[here insert the name and description of the objector\\] objecting to your name being retained on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of \\[here insert name of Subdivision\\] of the Commonwealth Division of \\[here insert name of Division\\] and the State Assembly District of \\[here insert name of District\\], on the ground that you do not live in the Subdivision and have not so lived for at least one month last past.\n\nYou are entitled at any time within twenty days from the posting of this notice, to answer the objection either orally or in writing.\n\nIf you intend to answer the objection orally you should attend at my Office at \\[here insert address of office\\] between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on any day other than a Saturday, or between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon on a Saturday, before the expiration of twenty days from the posting of this notice.\n\nIf you claim that your place of living is still in the Subdivision, and you do not desire to attend at my office for the purpose of answering this objection orally, you should with the least delay, but before the expiration of twenty days from the posting of this notice—\n\n(a) complete, personally sign, and date the reply at the foot hereof in the presence of a witness; and\n\n(b) fold the notice so that the address “Commonwealth Divisional Returning Officer for the Division of\n\nshall be visible, and send or deliver the notice to me with reply attached.\n\nIf you have ceased to live in the subdivision as alleged you need not reply to this objection.\n\nIf you answer the objection notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.\n\nIf you fail to answer the objection within twenty days from the posting of this notice, the objection will be determined, and your name may be struck off the Roll, but no notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Division of\n\nPostal Address—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nNote.—If the objection is lodged in respect of Commonwealth enrolment only, the words “and the State Assembly District of ” should be struck out. If the objection is lodged in respect of State Assembly enrolment only, the words “the Commonwealth Division of and” should be struck out.\n\n…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… \n\nReply.\n\n(To be completed only if the elector claims that his place of living is still in the Subdivision.)\n\n1\\. I am the elector whose enrolment is objected to in this notice.\n\n2\\. My place of living is still in the Subdivision of \\[here insert name of Subdivision\\], for which I retain my qualification for enrolment.\n\nPersonal Signature of elector—\n\n(To be made in the presence of witness.)\n\nAddress in Subdivision—\n\nWitness to Signature—\n\n(Being an elector or person qualified to be an elector.)\n\nOccupation—\n\nPlace of Living—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n\\[Back of Form.\\]\n\nCommonwealth Electoral Post Free.\n\nPapers Only.\n\nM\n\n\\[Here insert full Christian names and surname, occupation, and place of abode for the time being, if known to the Divisional Returning Officer, or, if not so known, place of living as appearing on Roll.\\]\n\nSignature and Address of Sender—\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Division of\n\nCommonwealth Electoral Post Free.\n\nPapers Only.\n\nThe Commonwealth Divisional Returning Officer\n\nfor the Division of\n\nPostal Address\n\nSignature and Address of Sender—\n\nForm 18. Regulation 28.\n\n\\[Front of Form.\\]\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotice of Objection to Person objected to on a Ground other than that of Non-residence.\n\nTo the person objected to, whose name and address appear on the back hereof:\n\nNotice is hereby given that an objection has been lodged with me by \\[here insert the name and description of the objector\\] objecting to your name being\n\nretained on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of \\[here insert name of Subdivision\\] of the Commonwealth Division of \\[here insert name of Division\\] and the State Assembly District of \\[here insert name of District\\] on the following grounds, namely:—\\[Here insert grounds of objection.\\]\n\n.........................................................................\n\n.........................................................................\n\nYou are entitled at any time within twenty days from the posting of this notice, to answer the objection either orally or in writing.\n\nIf you intend to answer the objection orally you should attend at my office at \\[here insert address of office\\] between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on any day other than a Saturday, or between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon on a Saturday, before the expiration of twenty days from the posting of this notice.\n\nIf you claim that you are qualified for the enrolment objected to, and do not desire to attend at my office for the purpose of answering this objection orally, you should, with the least delay, but before the expiration of twenty days from the posting of this notice—\n\n(a) complete, personally sign, and date the reply at the foot hereof in the presence of a witness; and\n\n(b) fold the notice so that the address “Commonwealth Divisional Returning Officer for the Division of ” shall be visible, and send or deliver the notice to me with reply attached.\n\nIf you are not qualified for the enrolment objected to, you need not reply to this objection.\n\nIf you answer the objection, notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.\n\nIf you fail to answer the objection within twenty days from the posting of this notice, the objection will be determined, and your name may be struck off the Roll, but no notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Division of\n\nPostal Address—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nNote.—If the objection is lodged in respect of Commonwealth enrolment only, the words “and the State Assembly District of ” should be struck out. If the objection is lodged in respect of State Assembly enrolment only, the words “the Commonwealth Division of and” should be struck out.\n\n.........................................................................\n\nReply.\n\n(To be completed only if the elector claims that he is qualified for the enrolment objected to.)\n\nI am the elector whose enrolment is objected to in this notice, and I claim that I am qualified for such enrolment.\n\nMy reasons for so claiming are as follow:—\n\n\\[Here set forth reasons relied upon as an answer to the objection.\\]\n\nPersonal Signature of Elector—\n\n(To be made in presence of witness.)\n\nAddress in Subdivision—\n\nWitness to Signature—\n\n(Being an elector or person qualified to be an elector.)\n\nOccupation—\n\nPlace of Living—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\n\\[Back of Form.\\]\n\nCommonwealth Electoral Post Free.\n\nPapers Only.\n\nM\n\n\\[Here insert full Christian names and surname, occupation, and place of abode for the time being, if known to the Divisional Returning Officer, or, if not so known, place of living as appearing on Roll.\\]\n\nSignature and Address of Sender—\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Division of\n\n \n\nCommonwealth Electoral Post Free.\n\nPapers Only.\n\nThe Commonwealth Divisional Returning Officer\n\nfor the Division of\n\nPostal Address\n\nSignature and Address of Sender—\n\nRegulation 31.\n\nForm 19.\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE OF VICTORIA.\n\nThe Commonwealth Electoral Act. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928, of the State of Victoria.\n\nNotice of Determination of Objection.\n\nTo—\n\nNotice is hereby given that I have considered the objection lodged by \\[here set out the name of objector\\] to the retention of the name of \\[here set out name of person objected to\\] on the Electoral Roll for the Subdivision of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of and have decided—\n\n(a) to remove the said name from the said Electoral Roll as that of an elector of the Commonwealth Division of and the State Assembly District of ;\n\n(b) to dismiss the objection and to retain the said name on the said Electoral Roll.\n\n(Note.—Strike out sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) as the case requires.)\n\nIf aggrieved by this decision you may, at any time within one calendar month after the receipt of this notice, appeal against the decision to a court of summary jurisdiction (Court of Petty Sessions).\n\nDivisional Returning Officer for the Division of—\n\nDated the day of 19 .\n\nNote.—If the objection is in respect of Commonwealth enrolment only, the words “and the State Assembly District of ” should be struck out.\n\nIf the objection is in respect of State Assembly enrolment only, the words “the Commonwealth Division of and” should be struck out.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument continues to govern joint electoral Rolls limited to the State of Victoria (reg 4). 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They prescribe how people are enrolled, how transfers, removals and objections are handled (by Registrars and Divisional Returning Officers), how printed Rolls are sold and revenue split (reg 7), appeal rights to a court (reg 32), standard marks for single-jurisdiction enrolment (reg 6), and repeal the earlier 1924 rules (reg 34)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1933},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations maintain their original scope of establishing joint electoral rolls for Victoria. While they repeal and replace the 1924 Regulations, they continue to address the same subject matter without significant expansion beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Dual-track enrolment system requiring different procedural handling for Commonwealth-only, State-only, and joint enrolments","19 prescribed forms with detailed completion instructions and conditional strikethrough provisions (e.g., 'strike out (a) or (b) if the case so requires')","Cross-referencing between Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and Victorian Constitution Act Amendment Act 1928","Conditional notification timeframes based on proximity to election writs (Regulation 9(2) and (3))","Specific verification requirements for property qualifications involving municipal authorities (Regulation 9(1)(b))"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations establish a single, shared electoral roll in Victoria for Commonwealth and Victorian Legislative Assembly elections, letting people use one enrolment process to register for federal, state, or both voting rights. They accommodate Victorian property-based state claims, set procedures for objections, appeals and roll updates when people move or boundaries change, and split revenue from roll sales equally between governments.\n\nWho’s affected: Victorian voters and the officials who maintain the roll."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1930l00010","history":"/api/acts/c1930l00010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1930l00010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1930l00010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1930l00010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1930l00010/documents"}}