Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who:
(a) makes an application to become an Australian citizen under section 21 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 ; and
(b) would, if he or she were an Australian citizen, be entitled, in respect of residence at an address, to enrolment for a subdivision;
may make a provisional claim for enrolment for that subdivision.
(2) If a person who has made a provisional claim for enrolment for a subdivision, either under subsection (1) or under this subsection:
(a) is living at an address in another subdivision; and
(b) has lived at that address for the period of one month last past;
the person may make a provisional claim for enrolment for that other subdivision.
(3) If a person makes a provisional claim for enrolment under subsection (2), any previous provisional claim for enrolment by that person has no effect.
(4) A claim:
(a) must be in the approved form; and
(b) subject to subsection (5), must be signed by the claimant; and
(c) must be lodged:
(i) if the claim is made under subsection (1)--together with the claimant's application to become an Australian citizen; or
(ii) if the claim is made under subsection (2)--with the Electoral Commissioner; and
(d) must comply with section 98AA (evidence of identity requirements).
(5) If:
(a) a person wishes to make a provisional claim for enrolment; and
(b) a registered medical practitioner has certified, in writing, that the person is so physically incapacitated that the person cannot sign the claim;
another person may, on behalf of the person, fill out and sign the claim in accordance with the directions of the first - mentioned person.
(6) The Secretary of the Immigration Department must:
(a) send to the Electoral Commissioner, as soon as practicable, any provisional claim for enrolment lodged by a person under subparagraph (4)(c)(i); and
(b) if the person becomes an Australian citizen as a result of the person's application to become an Australian citizen--inform the Electoral Commissioner, as soon as practicable, that the person has become an Australian citizen.
(7) If a person who has made a provisional claim for enrolment for a subdivision becomes an Australian citizen, the provisional claim is taken to be a claim for enrolment for the subdivision, made by the person on the day on which the person becomes an Australian citizen.
(8) If a person who has made a provisional claim for enrolment is refused approval to become an Australian citizen, the provisional claim has no effect.