Electoral Act 2017
41Register of information relating to electors
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41 Register of information relating to electors
41 Register of information relating to electors
(1) The Electoral Commissioner is to keep and maintain records of all persons enrolled under this Act in a register (the Electoral Information Register).
(2) The register is to include—
(a) the surname, given name or names, date of birth and sex of each enrolled person, and
(b) the residence of the person (except in relation to an eligible overseas elector or an itinerant elector), and
(c) the electoral district for which the person is enrolled, and
(d) whether the person is a silent elector, and
(e) whether the person is a registered early voter, and, if so, whether the person is a registered early voter (postal) or a registered early voter (technology assisted voting), and
(f) such other particulars as the Electoral Commissioner considers necessary to carry out his or her functions under this Act, and
(g) such other particulars as are prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The register is to be kept in an electronic form.