Government Gazette

Vol. 423, No. 21558, 6 September 2000

Regulation Gazette No. 6881

No. R. 912

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

SCHEDULE

Definitions

1. In these regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998), shall have that meaning and , unless the context otherwise indicates, the "Regulations" mean the Voter Registration Regulations published by Government Notice No. 8.1340 in Government Gazette No. 19388 of 16 October 1998.

2. Regulation I of the Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the definition of "local electoral officer" by the following definition:

" 'municipal electoral officer' means a person appointed as such by the chief electoral officer ;".

3. Regulation 2 of the Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of subregulation (1) by the following subregulation:

" (1) A person who applies for registration as a voter must complete an application form similar to Appendix 1 and -

1. the applicant must in person submit the completed application form, together with his or her identity document, to a registration officer at a place identified by the chief electoral officer within the voting district or in respect of the voting district where he or she is ordinarily resident; or
    
2. a person who is by reason of physical disability unable to travel to a place so identified, may, by means of an application made on a form similar to Appendix 2, apply to the municipal electoral officer to be visited by a registration officer to whom he or she may then in person submit the application form for registration as a voter and his or her identity document; or
    
3. in person submit the application form, together with his or her identity document, to a registration officer visiting places in the voting district where the applicant is ordinarily resident, in order to facilitate applications for registration; or
    
4. a person who is absent from the Republic in the service of the Government of the Republic or who is a member of such person's household may in person submit the application form and identity document to a registration officer, appointed for that purpose, at the place where the service is rendered."

4. The Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the expression " local electoral officer", wherever it is used in the regulations, by the expression "municipal electoral officer".

5. These regulations are called the First Amendment to the Voter Registration Regulations.