269   Who is a “resident” for the purposes of this Part?

(1)  For the purposes of this Part, a person is a resident of a ward if:

(a)  the person is, within the meaning of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912, enrolled on the relevant date on the roll for an electoral district, and

(b)  the person’s place of living as described on that roll is in the ward or (in the case of a person whose place of living is not described on that roll) the person’s place of living is in the ward.

(2)  The relevant date for the purposes of this section is:

(a)  the date on which the claim for enrolment is made, if the claim is for inclusion in the roll of residents of the ward, or

(b)  the closing date for the election referred to in Part 4, if the claim is for the purpose of voting at the election.

(3)  In this section, place of living includes the place of residence to which a person temporarily residing elsewhere intends to return in order to continue living there.