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Electoral and Referendum Regulations 1918
Div 1Enrolment.
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Division 1.—Enrolment.
Form of roll. Sec. 31.
6. The Roll may be in accordance with Form 1, and shall contain the particulars indicated, therein.
Sale of electoral rolls. Sec. 37 (1).
7. The prices at which Rolls shall be sold shall be as follow:—
| | s. | d. |
| ----------------------------------- | --- | --- |
| Principal Roll for a Division | 2 | 0 |
| Principal Roll for a Subdivision | 0 | 6 |
| Supplemental Roll for a Division | 0 | 6 |
| Supplemental Roll for a Subdivision | 0 | 3 |
Form of electoral claim. Secs. 40-42 and 47.
8\. (1) The form of claim for enrolment, or transfer of enrolment, or notification of change of address within the same Subdivision, by a person not under the age of 21 years and qualified for enrolment under section 39 (1) of the Act, may be in accordance with Form 2.
(2) The form of claim for enrolment, or transfer of enrolment, or notification of change of address within the same Subdivision, by a person who is or has been a Member of the Forces within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1917 and who is qualified for enrolment, under Section 39 (2) of the Act may be in accordance with Form 2a.
(3) Any person applying for correction of the entry on the Roll of his name or particulars of enrolment may apply in accordance with Form 2 or 2a, as the case requires, or in such other form, signed by the applicant, as the Registrar approves.
Registration of claim. Secs. 43 (1), 47 (1) (a) and (b).
9\. (1) Upon receipt of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or notification of change of address within the 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—
(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
(ii) in the case of an enrolment or a transfer of enrolment, notify the claimant in accordance with Form 3 that he has been enrolled; and
(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.
(2) An interim acknowledgment of the receipt, after the issue of the Writ for an election or a referendum, and before the close of the polling at the election or referendum, of a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment, may be issued to the elector by the Registrar, in the form authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer.
Notification of transfer of enrolment. Sec. 43 (1).
10\. The notification of the transfer of the enrolment of an elector, or the enrolments of electors, may be in accordance with Form 4.
Reference of claim to Divisional Returning Officer. Sec. 44 (1).
11\. (1) The reference of an Electoral Claim to the Divisional Returning Officer for his decision pursuant to section 44 (1) of the Act may be made in the form authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer.
(2) The notification to the claimant of such reference may be in accordance with Form 5.
Notification of rejection of claim. Sec. 44 (4).
12\. (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 Chief Electoral Officer.
(2) The notification to the claimant of the rejection of an Electoral Claim may be in accordance with Form 6.
Formally defective claim.
13\. 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—
(a) return the Claim to him for completion or correction; or
(b) furnish him with a fresh form of Claim for completion.
Certificate authorizing removal of name. Sec. 47 (1) (h).
14\. The certificate of the Commonwealth 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.
Notification of removal of name from roll. Sec. 47 (1) (h).
15\. Where a name is removed from a Roll by direction of the Divisional Returning Officer upon the certificate of the Commonwealth Electoral Officer pursuant to Section 47 (1) (h) of the Act, the Registrar shall send to the elector whose name is so removed a notification in accordance with Form 9.
Change of electors from one roll to another under Section 28 of Act. Sec. 28.
16. (1) The change of electors from one Roll to another in, accordance with section 28 of the Act shall be effected, where necessary, by removing the names of the electors from the Roll from which they are changed and by inserting the names so removed on the Roll to which they are changed.
(2) Notice of the change shall be sent by post to each elector concerned and may be in accordance with Form 10.
Provided that when—
(a) a Subdivision is abolished and all electors whose names are on the Roll for that Subdivision are changed to another Subdivision Roll; or
(b) by reason of the alteration of the boundaries of a Division any Subdivision is changed from one Division to another Division and all the names of electors which are on the Subdivision Roll for the first mentioned Division are changed to a Subdivision Roll for the last mentioned Division
public notice of the change may be given in the Gazette, and in some newspaper circulating in the part affected, and in that case the notice specified in sub-regulation (2) of this regulation need not be given.