Local Electoral Act 2001

Local elections and polls - Electoral rolls

42: Roll to be available for public inspection

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"See the electoral roll at the main office or other public places"

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You can look at a copy of the electoral roll at certain places. The electoral officer keeps a copy at their main office and other agreed places. You can find out where to look at the roll because the electoral officer tells the public. You can look at the roll at the main office during reasonable hours for at least 28 days before it closes. The roll is also available at other places when they are open to the public. The electoral officer makes sure you can look at the roll at these times.

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41: Supply of information by Electoral Commission, or

"Getting information from the Electoral Commission about voters"

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"Checking the electoral roll at public meetings"

Part 2Local elections and polls
Electoral rolls

42Roll to be available for public inspection

A copy of an electoral roll must,—
if the roll is compiled by an electoral officer of a territorial authority, be kept at the principal office of the territorial authority and at every other place within the district that the electoral officer and the occupier of that place agree is a place at which a copy of the roll may be kept:
if the roll is compiled by an electoral officer of a local authority that is not a territorial authority, be kept at the principal office of the local authority and at every other place within the local government area that the electoral officer and the occupier of that place agree is a place at which a copy of the roll may be kept.

The electoral officer must give public notice of the place or places where the roll is kept.
The electoral officer must ensure that the copy of the roll kept at the principal office of the territorial authority or, as the case may require, the local authority, is open for public inspection at all reasonable hours during a period of not less than 28 days before the closing of the roll in the year in which the roll is compiled.
The copy or copies of the roll kept at any other place must be open for public inspection whenever the place is open to members of the public.

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1976 No 144 s 7D