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eligible under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (ii) to be registered as an elector may apply to the clerk to be registered on rolls prepared by the clerk.

 (2) An application must be in accordance with Form A in Schedule 3A.

 (3) An application may be made by facsimile transmission.

38 Notice of acceptance or rejection of application for registration

 (1) If the clerk is satisfied that an applicant for registration is:
 (a) eligible to be registered under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (ii); and
 (b) not eligible under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (i) to be registered;
the clerk must send by post to the person a written notice in Form B in Schedule 3A that the application has been accepted.

 (2) If the clerk is not satisfied that an applicant for registration is not eligible under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (ii) to be registered, the clerk must:
 (a) reject the application; and
 (b) send to the person by post written notice in Form C in Schedule 3A giving the grounds for the rejection.

 (3) The clerk must send a notice under subsection (1) to a person who, within 14 days of receiving a notice under subsection (2), satisfies the clerk that the person is eligible under subsection (1) to be sent a notice.

 (4) If an application under section 37 provides inadequate information to allow the clerk to determine the application, he or she must seek information enabling him or her to do so.

39 Duration of effect of application

  Subject to this Division, a person whose application under section 37 is accepted under subsection 38 (1) or (3) is qualified to be registered on a roll as an elector while he or she remains eligible under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (ii) to be registered.

Subdivision B Compilation of electoral rolls

40 Advertisement seeking enrolment

 (1) The clerk must publish in a newspaper circulating in the Shire at least 56 days before the election day a notice to persons who are eligible and wish to be registered as electors on the electoral roll of the municipality.

 (2) The notice must advise:
 (a) a person who resides in the Shire and is eligible to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll maintained under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 of the Commonwealth for the Division of the Northern Territory that he or she may apply to be enrolled under that Act; and
 (b) a person who is eligible under paragraph 36 (a) and subparagraph 36 (b) (ii) to be registered as an elector that he or she may make an application under section 37; and
 (c) a person of