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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Electoral rolls

107: Composite rolls

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"A combined list of voters for an area, made for elections or by-elections."

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The Electoral Commission can print a special list of voters for each area, called a composite roll. You will be on this list if your name is on the main voter list or a supplementary list for that area. The Electoral Commission can also add people who are not on these lists but are allowed to vote.

When there is a by-election, the Electoral Commission must print a composite roll for that area. This happens on the day the election is announced, which is called writ day. The Electoral Commission prints the composite roll as soon as possible after the election is announced.

If a composite roll is printed for an area, it becomes the main voter list for that area. The old main and supplementary lists are no longer used. However, the Electoral Commission can still look at the old lists to check if someone should be on the current list or to see if someone can vote in a special way.

The rules about composite rolls do not change the rules about printing main voter lists, as stated in section 104(1). They also do not stop the Electoral Commission from checking old lists to see if someone can vote, as stated in section 104(1) and section 105(1).

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Part 5Registration of electors
Electoral rolls

107Composite rolls

  1. The Electoral Commission may, from time to time, print a composite roll for each district, which roll—

  2. shall, subject to any additions, alterations, and deletions made to the electoral roll for the district, contain a list of—
    1. all persons whose names appear on the main roll for the district; and
      1. all persons whose names appear on any existing supplementary roll for the district; and
        1. all persons whose names do not appear on the main roll for the district or any existing supplementary roll for the district but are lawfully on the electoral roll for the district on a date to be fixed for the closing of that composite roll by the Electoral Commission; and
        2. shall, subject to paragraph (a), be printed in the manner prescribed by section 106 in respect of a main roll.

          1. Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1), in the case of a by-election in any district, the Electoral Commission must cause a composite roll for the district to be closed and printed as at writ day for the by-election.

          2. Where the date for the closing of a composite roll for a district is writ day in relation to an election in that district, the Electoral Commission—

          3. shall cause the composite roll to be printed as soon as may be after the issue of the writ for the election; and
            1. shall not be obliged to issue a supplementary roll for the district under the proviso to section 105(1) in relation to that election.

              1. Where a composite roll for a district is printed under this section,—

              2. the composite roll shall, notwithstanding section 104(3), be the main roll for the district until a new main roll is printed for the district under section 104(1) or a new composite roll is printed for the district under this section; and
                1. the main roll and any supplementary rolls that were in force for the district immediately before the date of the closing of the composite roll shall cease to be in force.

                  1. Nothing in this section—

                  2. limits the provisions of section 104(1); or
                    1. prevents any main roll or supplementary roll that is no longer in force from being examined for the purpose of determining—
                      1. whether any person’s name should appear on the main roll or any supplementary roll for the time being in force for any district; or
                        1. whether any person is qualified to vote in any district as a special voter.

                        Notes
                        • Section 107(1): amended, on , by section 52(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
                        • Section 107(1)(a)(iii): amended, on , by section 52(16)(d) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57).
                        • Section 107(2): amended, on , by section 52(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
                        • Section 107(3): amended, on , by section 52(3) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).