About

The Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Roll is maintained by the City. It includes individuals who own (but do not reside in) rateable property in the City or who occupy rateable property in the City.

If this applies to you and you would like to vote in the upcoming Local Government Election you must register to be part of this Roll.

The Roll also includes individuals nominated by companies, businesses or corporate bodies that own or occupy rateable property in the City. Each person applying to go onto this roll must be on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll for a property outside the City’s district.

Individuals or corporate bodies may only be on the roll or represented on the roll in one capacity, that is, either as owners or occupiers. Where both capacities are available to an individual or a body corporate, the owner category would normally be chosen because of the longer term on the roll.

Enrolments for the Non-Resident Owners and Occupier Roll

  • Enrolment of non-resident owners or occupiers is not automatic.
  • When individuals are applying in their own names either as owners or occupiers, the Owners and Occupiers Roll Enrolment Eligibility Claim is used.
  • Enrolment claims can be lodged at any time however, enrolments for any particular election close 50 days before Election Day.

Eligibility Information

Non-Resident Owners' Eligibility

  • Each rateable property may claim up to two owners or owner nominees on the roll
  • If a property is owned by an individual person, that person may be eligible to enroll
  • An individual may only enrol once regardless of the number of properties owned within the City
  • An owner remains on the roll until the property is sold or in the case of owner nominees, either until the property is sold or the corporate body changes its nominees

Joint Owners' Eligibility

  • Where a rateable property is owned by more than two persons, two of the owners may be eligible to enrol with the written agreement of a majority of the owners
  • Where a property is owned by a corporate body, the corporate body may nominate one or two people to go onto the roll
  • A corporate body may only nominate two people onto the roll regardless of the number of properties owned in the City
  • The nominees remain on the roll until either the property is sold or the corporate body changes its nominees

Occupier Eligibility

  • Each rateable property that is occupied may claim up to two occupiers or occupier nominees on the roll
  • The occupier must have a right of continuous occupation of that property for at least three months from the date of application
  • The applicant is not required to provide proof of this in the first instance but the City may request proof of continuous occupation
  • Where an individual occupies the property he or she may be eligible to enrol
  • Where two or more individuals jointly occupy a property up to two of them may be eligible to enrol (with the written agreement of a majority where there are three or more co-occupiers)
  • A corporate body that occupies property may nominate up to two people to go onto the roll
  • An individual may only enrol once regardless of the number of properties occupied and a corporate body may only nominate two people regardless of the number of properties occupied in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
  • Occupiers and occupier nominees remain on the roll for a period of two elections after their enrolment is accepted and are then taken off the roll six months after the second election. They must then re-enrol if they wish to continue as electors

Voting as a Business in the Local Government Elections

The City uses the same enrolment form for non-resident owner and occupiers, including businesses that wish to nominate up to two people to vote on the business behalf at Local Government elections.

It is important that the form is filled in completely. In particular the full name (surname and all given names in full), date of birth and the address on the State or Commonwealth electoral roll are important as these are used to check a valid enrolment application.

The initial test to determine if an organisation is a body corporate is to determine whether the body has an Australian Company Number by searching through ASIC information. There are other bodies that do not have an Australian Company Number that qualify as bodies corporate.

There are definitions of right of occupation and separate occupancies in the Local Government Act 1995 (s4.31) that can be used to help determine the validity of an application in cases where there is doubt.

Individuals or corporate bodies may only be on the roll or represented on the roll in one capacity, that is, either as owners or occupiers. Where both capacities are available to an individual or a body corporate, the owner category would normally be chosen because of the longer term on the roll.