Local Electoral Act 2001

156 Further transitional provisions relating to electoral rolls

• (1) For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001,—

  • (a) sections 7B to 7K of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 continue to apply subject to the provisions of this section and with any other necessary modifications; but

  • (b) the residential electoral roll required by section 7BA of that Act and the ratepayer electoral roll required by section 7BB of that Act must, if the rolls relate to the same local government area, be treated as 1 electoral roll for the purposes of this Act.

  (2) For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001:

  • (a) section 7BA of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if, after the words “Local Government Act 1974” in subsection (1), there appeared the words “or, as the case requires, section 23 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”:

  • (b) section 7BB of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if, after the words “Local Government Act 1974” in subsection (1)(a), there appeared the words “or, as the case requires, section 24 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”:

  • (c) section 7BE of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if, after the words “Local Government Act 1974” in subsection (1), there appeared the words “or, as the case requires, section 24 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”:

  • (d) section 7BF of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if, after the words “Local Government Act 1974” in subsection (1), there appeared the words “or, as the case requires, section 24 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”.

  (3) For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001, section 7H of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if,—

  • (a) for the words “before the 18th day before polling day” which appear in subsection (1), there were substituted the words “before 14 September 2001”; and

  • (b) for the words “on the 18th day before polling day” which appear in subsection (2), there were substituted the words “on 14 September 2001”.

  (4) For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001, section 111 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 applies as if,—

  • (a) for the words “sections 22 and 107 of this Act”, which appear in subsection (1), there were substituted the words “section 70 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”; and

  • (b) for the words “4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 43rd day”, which appear in subsection (1), there were substituted the words “4 o'clock in the afternoon of 31 August 2001”; and

  • (c) for the words “paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of section 37 of this Act”, which appear in subsection (2), there were substituted the words “section 20(2) or section 21 of the Local Electoral Act 2001”.

  (5) For the purposes of the triennial general election and any poll to be held on 13 October 2001, any power or duty conferred on the principal administrative officer of a local authority by sections 7B to 7K of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 may instead be exercised by the electoral officer of that authority.

  (6) This section overrides section 151.