Local Government Act 1995

Local Government (Elections) Amendment Regulations 2024

 

 

Local Government (Elections) Amendment Regulations 2024

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 3 amended1

5.Regulation 12A amended1

6.Regulation 13 amended1

7.Regulation 20 amended1

8.Regulation 46 amended1

9.Regulation 62 amended1

10.Schedule 1 Form 16 amended1

 

Local Government Act 1995

Local Government (Elections) Amendment Regulations 2024

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Local Government (Elections) Amendment Regulations 2024.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2024.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Local Government (Elections) Regulations 1997.

4.Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3 in the definition of silent elector delete paragraph (a) and insert:

 

(a)who is a silent elector as defined in the Electoral Act 1907 section 4(1); or

 

5.Regulation 12A amended

Delete regulation 12A(3)(b)(i) and insert:

 

(i)that the claimant is a silent elector under the Electoral Act 1907;

 

6.Regulation 13 amended

Delete regulation 13(1A)(b)(i) and insert:

 

(i)that the person is a silent elector under the Electoral Act 1907;

 

7.Regulation 20 amended

Delete regulation 20(2) and insert:

 

(2)Subregulation (1)(c) and (d) do not apply to silent electors.

 

8.Regulation 46 amended

Delete regulation 46(4)(b) and insert:

 

(b)the register of electors, a roll or another document prepared under the Electoral Act 1907; and

 

9.Regulation 62 amended

In regulation 62(3)(b) delete “an electoral roll or other” and insert:

 

the register of electors, a roll or another

 

10.Schedule 1 Form 16 amended

In Schedule 1 Form 16 delete “an electoral roll or other” and insert:

 

the register of electors, a roll or another

 

K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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