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Local Electoral Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions

142: Electoral rolls

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You can find rules about electoral rolls in the Local Electoral Act 2001. Regulations can include different types of electoral rolls for various areas. You might need to give certain information to be on the electoral roll. You can look at the rules made under section 139(1)(f) to see what information you need to give. The Electoral Commission must supply certain information to electoral officers. There are rules about how to get on the electoral roll if you are a ratepayer. Organisations can nominate people to be on the electoral roll. You can look at the electoral roll, but there are rules about how you can use it. Your date of birth will not be on the electoral roll. Regulations made under section 139(1)(f) cannot include your date of birth on the electoral roll.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

142Electoral rolls

  1. Regulations made under section 139(1)(f) may include (without limitation)—

  2. provision for different forms of electoral rolls for different classes of local government areas, including (without limitation) divided local government areas, and local government areas containing 1 or more local board areas or communities:
    1. requirements for residential electors or ratepayer electors, or any class of residential elector or ratepayer elector, to complete and deliver specified information (whether as a condition of enrolment or otherwise):
      1. requirements for the Electoral Commission to supply specified information in the prescribed manner to an electoral officer, or other electoral official, or any other class of person (with or without fee or on payment of a reasonable charge):
        1. requirements concerning the procedures for enrolment of ratepayer electors:
          1. provisions regulating the method and form of nomination of ratepayer electors for enrolment by organisations, bodies, societies or associations, or other persons (whether corporate or unincorporate):
            1. provisions regulating the inspection, copying by and use of electoral rolls by local authorities, electoral officials, members of the public or any class of persons, either generally or for any specified purposes.

              1. Despite subsection (1) and section 139(1)(f), regulations made under section 139(1)(f) must not provide for any electoral roll to include an elector’s date of birth.

              Notes
              • Section 142(1)(a): amended, on , by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).
              • Section 142(1)(c): amended, on , by section 114 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
              • Section 142(1)(c): amended, on , by section 58(12) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57).
              • Section 142(2): inserted, on , by section 13 of the Local Electoral Matters Act 2019 (2019 No 7).