(1) On receipt of notice of a declaration under section 111 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 ¹ in respect of an elector by the Guardianship and Administration Board established by that Act the Electoral Commissioner shall cause the name of that elector to be removed from the roll.

(1a) On receipt under section 202 of the Mental Health Act 1996 of notice of a determination under section 201 of that Act in respect of an elector, the Electoral Commissioner shall remove the name of that elector from the roll.

(2) A person whose name has been removed from a roll pursuant to this section may claim in the manner prescribed in section 42 to have his name entered upon any roll for which he possesses the necessary qualification, but may not do so while a declaration referred to in subsection (1), or a determination referred to in subsection (1a), is in force.

[Section 51AA inserted by No. 24 of 1990 s.123; amended by No. 69 of 1996 s.26; No. 36 of 2000 s.28(1).]