Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies to a person if —
(a) the
name of the person appeared on —
(i)
the roll for a district or sub-district; and
(ii)
the electoral roll maintained under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 for a Commonwealth subdivision in the State,
in respect of the same
address; and
(b) by
virtue of an application made under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
section 94(1) before the person ceased to reside in Australia, the name of the
person is retained on the electoral roll maintained under that Act for the
Commonwealth subdivision referred to in paragraph (a)(ii); and
(c) the
Commonwealth roll referred to in paragraph (b) is annotated to indicate that
the person is an eligible overseas elector under the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 94.
(2) While the name of
the person continues to be included on the Commonwealth roll referred to in
subsection (1)(b) with the annotation referred to in subsection (1)(c) —
(a) the
name of the person is to be retained on the roll for the district or
sub-district referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i); and
(b) the
person is entitled to vote at —
(i)
any Council election; and
(ii)
any election in the district or the district of which the
sub-district forms part.
[Section 17A inserted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 17;
amended: No. 20 of 2021 s. 25.]