City of Sydney Act 1988 No 48
Current version for 1 July 2009 to date (accessed 26 November 2009 at 03:32)

22   Compulsory voting

(1)  Electors whose names are on the residential roll, the non-residential roll or the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees must vote at a contested election for the City of Sydney, unless exempt from voting under the Principal Act or this Act. Section 286 of the Principal Act does not apply to a contested election for the City of Sydney.
(2)  In the application of Division 4 of Part 6 of Chapter 10 of the Principal Act to any such election:
(a)  a reference in those provisions to a resident is to be read as including a reference to a person included on the non-residential roll or the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees for the election, and
(b)  a reference in those provisions to a residential roll is to be read as including a reference to the non-residential roll or the roll of occupiers and ratepaying lessees for the election.
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