(1) If the enrolment
officer has reason to believe that the qualification of the claimant as set
out in his claim is insufficient or incorrect he may, if he thinks fit, refer
the claim to —
(a) any
officer mentioned in section 35, qualified in his opinion to report thereon;
(b) an
officer of the Australian Electoral Commission established by section 6 of the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , if he has reason to believe that an officer
of that Commission is willing to report thereon.
(2) An officer to whom
a claim is referred under subsection (1)(a) shall forthwith make all necessary
inquiries and report to the enrolment officer.
(3) If a report from
an officer mentioned in subsection (1) is adverse to the claimant, the
enrolment officer shall object to the claim under section 47(3)(a) or, if the
claimant has been enrolled, to the enrolment under section 48(3)(a).
[Section 46 inserted: No. 9 of 1983 s. 11;
amended: No. 36 of 2000 s. 28(2) and 29.]
[Heading amended: No. 14 of 2016 s. 28(6).]
[Heading inserted: No. 14 of 2016 s. 28(1).]