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Local Electoral Act 2001

Local elections and polls - Electoral rolls

44: Application for registration as parliamentary elector

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"How to get on the electoral roll or fix your details"

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You can apply to be on the electoral roll if you think you should be on it but your name is not there. You can also apply if your name is on the roll but it has incorrect information, such as the wrong address or occupation. You make this application using a form from the Electoral Act 1993.

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Electoral rolls

44Application for registration as parliamentary elector

  1. Subsection (2) applies to any person who claims to be qualified as a parliamentary elector in respect of an address within the district of a territorial authority but whose name—

  2. does not appear on the electoral roll because it does not appear on the appropriate parliamentary roll; or
    1. is incorrectly recorded on the electoral roll; or
      1. is recorded on the electoral roll with an incorrect address or occupation.

        1. Any person to whom this subsection applies may make application for registration or correction of registration as a parliamentary elector in the form prescribed by the Electoral Act 1993 or by regulations made under that Act.

        Compare
        • 1976 No 144 s 7E