Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For this Act, the roll for an electorate shall be taken to be closed during the period—
(a) beginning at 8 pm on the 29th day before polling day for an election in the electorate; and
(b) ending at the close of polling at the election.
(2) While a roll is closed, subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5) and section 66—
(a) a person shall not be enrolled; and
(b) a person shall not be taken to be enrolled under section 73 (5) or 75 (2) if the person's enrolment on the Commonwealth roll is effected during the closure; and
(c) a name shall not be removed; and
(d) an annotation in relation to the roll shall not be made or cancelled under section 74; and
(e) a change of address shall not be recorded.
(3) Subsection (2) (c) shall not be taken to prevent the removal, while a roll is closed, of the name of a person who the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds made a statement in a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment that was false or misleading in a material particular.
(4) If the Australian Postal Corporation notifies the commissioner in writing that the delivery of a posted claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment has been delayed by an industrial dispute and, apart from the dispute, would have been delivered to the commissioner before the close of the roll for an election—
(a) subsection (2) (a) and (c) shall not be taken to prevent the enrolment of an elector or the removal of an elector's name from another roll as a consequence of such an enrolment; and
(b) if the claimant is enrolled in accordance with the claim—the enrolment shall be taken, in relation to any vote cast by the claimant in the election, to have been effected before the roll closed.
(5) This section does not prevent the enrolment of an elector, during a period when a roll is closed, if the elector's claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment was received before the beginning of that period by—
(a) an officer appointed under section 33 (Officers); or
(b) a member of the commission's staff; or
(c) a person authorised by the commissioner for this section; or
(d) an employee of the Australian Electoral Commission.
(6) In this section:
"enrolment" includes the enrolment of a person who is taken to have been enrolled under this part.
"particulars"—a reference (express or implied) to "particulars" relating to a person includes a reference to particulars taken to be recorded on the roll under this part.