Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105:section:142x
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 142X
Character Range: 54612–55408

142X  Errors in Commonwealth Electoral Roll not to affect entitlements
 (1) For the purposes of the application of this Act to the TSRA, a person's name is taken to be on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll if the name on the Roll is, in the opinion of an authorised electoral officer, sufficient to identify the person, even if:
 (a) a given name of the person has been omitted from the Roll; or
 (b) a wrong given name has been entered on the Roll; or
 (c) the person's surname has been misspelt on the Roll; or
 (d) the Roll does not show the person's correct address.
 (2) For the purposes of the application of this Act to the TSRA, a person's name is taken to be on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll even if his or her name as shown on that Roll has been changed because of his or her marriage.