South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS) ACT 2005 (NO 35 OF 2005) - SECT 28

28—Amendment of section 14—Qualifications for enrolment

        (1)         Section 14(1)(a)(iii)—delete subparagraph (iii) and substitute:

                  (iii)         is a ratepayer in respect of rateable property within the area or ward and is the sole owner of that rateable property; or

                  (iv)         is a ratepayer in respect of rateable property within the area or ward, is the sole occupier of that rateable property, and is not a resident in respect of that rateable property; and

        (2)         Section 14(1)(c)—after subparagraph (iii) insert:

                and

                  (iv)         no member of the group who is an occupier of the rateable property but not an owner is a resident in respect of the rateable property.

        (3)         Section 14—after subsection (7) insert:

        (8)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(iv) and (c)(iv), the chief executive officer is entitled to assume (in the absence of any information in the hands of the chief executive officer to the contrary) that a ratepayer in respect of rateable property used for residential purposes who is a natural person and who is (or who appears to be) an occupier but not an owner of that rateable property is a resident in respect of that rateable property (and the voters roll may have effect accordingly).