17Electoral rolls

17 Electoral rolls

(1)  The Returning Officer in an election is to –

(a) fix a date and time for the close of the electoral roll; and

(b) prepare, in accordance with this regulation, an electoral roll of the persons to whom ballot material is to be posted or delivered; and

(c) make that electoral roll available for inspection by any person for the purposes of the election.

(2)  In the case of an election for a trust established to administer a water district for which irrigation rights have been issued –

(a) the chairperson of the trust must, on request, provide the Returning Officer with –

(i) a certified list of the persons who are eligible to vote in the election as at the close of the roll; and

(ii) any other information that the Returning Officer reasonably requires; and

(b) the certified list so provided becomes the electoral roll.

(3)  In the case of an election for a trust established to administer a water district for which irrigation rights have not been or are not to be issued –

(a) the general manager of the municipal area in which the water district is located must, on request, provide the Returning Officer with –

(i) a certified list of the persons owning land in the water district as at the close of the roll; and

(ii) any other information that the Returning Officer reasonably requires; and

(b) the certified list so provided becomes the electoral roll.

(4)  In the case of an election for a trust established to administer a water management plan –

(a) the Minister must, on request, provide the Returning Officer with –

(i) a certified list of the persons who are eligible to vote in the election, according to the register kept under section 12 of the Act, as at the close of the roll; and