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Electoral Act 2004
20Arrangement with Commonwealth for keeping rolls
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20 Arrangement with Commonwealth for keeping rolls
(1) The Administrator may arrange with the Governor-General of the
Commonwealth for, or for carrying out a procedure relating to, the
preparation, alteration or revision of the rolls jointly by the Territory
and the Commonwealth.
(2) The arrangement may be made for the use of the rolls as electoral
rolls for Commonwealth or Territory elections or for another
purpose.
(3) The arrangement must be consistent with this Act.
(4) The rolls prepared under the arrangement may contain the
following information for the purposes of Commonwealth elections:
(a) the names and descriptions of persons who are not entitled to
be enrolled as electors for Territory elections if the rolls clearly
indicate the persons are not enrolled as electors for Territory
elections;
(b) distinguishing marks against the names of persons enrolled as
electors showing the persons are or are not also enrolled as
Commonwealth electors;
(c) any other particulars.
(5) For this Act, the names, descriptions, marks and particulars
mentioned in subsection (4) are taken not to be part of the rolls.