INCLUSION ON THE ROLL OF NON-RESIDENT OWNERS OF RATEABLE LAND OR THE ROLL OF OCUPIERS AND RATEPAYING LESSEES FOR BLAND SHIRE COUNCIL
Non-residents of Bland Shire are permitted to enrol and vote in the September 2024 local government elections if they meet eligibility criteria and supply the necessary information to Bland Shire Council. The non-residential rolls provide people who are non-resident owners, occupiers and rate-paying lessees of rateable land within the Council area an opportunity to have a say who is elected to Council. Non-residential rolls are prepared and certified by Council's General Manager, and the NSW Electoral Commissioner must confirm that the voters listed are eligible for enrolment on the non-residential roll. You must be eligible to vote at Federal or State elections to be on a non-residential roll.
To be on the roll of non-resident owners of rateable land, you must be:
- the sole owner of the rateable land, or
- nominated as the elector by the joint or several owners of the rateable land, or
- nominated as the elector by the corporation or trustees who own the rateable land, or
- the lessee of the land from the Crown and the land is rateable Crown land.
To be on the roll of occupiers and rate-paying lessees, you must be:
- the sole occupier or ratepaying lessee of rateable land, or
- nominated as the elector by the joint or several occupiers or ratepaying lessees of the rateable land, or
- nominated as the elector by the corporation or trustees who occupy or are the ratepaying lessee of the rateable land, and have the legal right to occupy the land, or be responsible for paying all or part of the rates on the land for 3 years following the date you apply to be on the roll.
Click Here to access the form for individual owners, occupiers and ratepaying lessees
Click Here to access the form for nomination of an elector by joint/several, corporate or trustee owners, occupiers or ratepaying lessees
Applications for Non-Residential rolls are to be completed, addressed to the General Manager, and received by the Bland Shire Council by 6:00 pm on Monday, 5 August 2024. No late submission of an enrolment form will be accepted.
Applications may be returned by the following methods:
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