24Provision of Rolls and habitation indexes to political parties etc.

Provision of Rolls and habitation indexes to political parties etc. 24. (1) In this section: “habitation index for the Territory” means a list of the persons whose names are on the Roll for the Territory arranged, in a manner determined by the Electoral Commission, by reference to their respective places of living; “tape or disk” means, in relation to a Roll or habitation index, a tape or disk from which the information contained in the latest print of that Roll or in that index, as the case may be, and no other information, may be reproduced by mechanical, electrical, electronic or other means. (2) The Electoral Commission shall, not later than 21 years after each ordinary election and each election held under section 16 of the Self-Government Act, provide to each registered party and each member a copy of the latest print of the Roll for the Territory. (3) Instead of providing a copy of the latest print of the Roll to a party or member of the Assembly, the Electoral Commission may, if the party or member requests that the copy be provided in a form other than a printed form, provide a tape or disk of the Roll. (4) So far as practicable, the Electoral Commission shall, after each ordinary election and each election held under section 16 of the Self-Government Act, provide to each registered party a tape or disk of the habitation index for the Territory. (5) A copy, tape or disk provided to a party or member under this section shall be provided without charge. (6) The Electoral Commission shall not include on a tape or disk of a habitation index provided under subsection (4) the name of a person whose address has been excluded or deleted from a Roll under section 104 of the Electoral Act.