242Owner ratepayers may apply for enrolment

242 Owner ratepayers may apply for enrolment (1) A person who as at the close of the roll— (a) is not a person referred to in section 241; and (b) is not less than 18 years of age or is less than 18 years of age but will attain the age of 18 years on or before election day; and (c) is an owner of any rateable property in the municipal district— is entitled as a ratepayer to apply to be enrolled on the voters' roll in respect of the ward in which that rateable property is located. (2) A person who is enrolled on the voters' roll as an owner under this section may resign the enrolment by an application containing the details required by the regulations delivered to the Council office before the close of the roll. S. 243 (Heading) amended by No. 30/2022 s. 37(1). 243 Entitlement to enrolment without application until the second general election to be conducted under section 257(1)(b) or the general election for Whittlesea City Council and Casey City Council in October 2024 S. 243(1) amended by No. 30/2022 s. 37(2). (1) Despite section 242 but subject to subsection (2), if a person— (a) is immediately before the commencement of this section enrolled on the last voters' roll for the Council in respect of a rateable property in accordance with section 13 of the **Local Government Act 1989**; and (b) would, but for the repeal of section 13 of the **Local Government Act 1989**, have continued to be entitled to be so enrolled— the person is by virtue of this section entitled to be enrolled without application on the voters' roll prepared in respect of the first general election to be conducted under section 257(1)(a) and any by‑election required to be held before the second general election to be conducted under section 257(1)(b) or the general election of Councillors for the Whittlesea City Council or the Casey City Council to be held on the fourth Saturday in October 2024. Note to s. 243(1) inserted by No. 30/2022 s. 37(3). Section 10(1) of the **Local Government (Whittlesea City Council) Act 2020** and section 10(1) of the **Local Government (Casey City Council) Act 2020** provide that a general election for the Whittlesea City Council and Casey City Council is to be held on the fourth Saturday in October 2024. (2) Despite subsection (1), if an application by the owner or 2 owners of a rateable property to which subsection (1) applies to be enrolled on the voters' roll instead of a person that would otherwise be enrolled by virtue of subsection (1) is accepted, the owner or 2 owners are to be enrolled on the voters' roll referred to in subsection (1) instead of that person.