Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Roll

If you are a non-resident owner of rateable property in the Town but are not enrolled to vote at that property, you may be eligible to apply to the Roll. 

To apply to enrol as an owner or co-owner, complete the Form 2 - Enrolment Eligbility Claim - Owner or Co-owner.

If the property is owned by three or more people, you must also submit a Form 2B - Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination By Group Of Owners/Occupiers. 

If you are an occupier of rateable property in the Town but are not enrolled to vote at that property, you may be eligible to apply to the Roll.

To be eligible to enrol as an occupier, you will need to have held a right of continuous occupation of a rateable property under lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument for at least the last twelve months and the next three months.

The Local Government (Election) Regulations 1997 set out a series of requirements for a person to be enrolled as an occupier, including that they must:

1. have quiet enjoyment (exclusive occupation) of the occupied property;
2. be able to secure the occupied property from intruders;
3. genuinely operate or intend to operate a business from the property;
4. lease at least 10m2 of property (subject to a series of exclusions);
5. pay the minimum amount of rent for the property.

To apply to enrol as an occupier, you must submit a Form 2A – Enrolment Eligibility Claim – Occupier/Co-Occupier.

If the property is occupied by three or more people, you must also submit a Form 2B - Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination By Group Of Owners/Occupiers. 

You must provide a copy of your lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument and any additional supporting evidence to support your claim at the time of enrolment. 

Claims made on the basis of occupation remain on the roll for a period of two elections after their enrolment is accepted and are removed from the roll six months after the second election. They must then re-enrol if they wish to continue as electors.

A body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property in the Town may nominate two of its officers or employees to vote on its behalf, provided the nominees are not on the Town’s residents roll.

To nominate electors on behalf of a body corporate, complete all sections of Form 2C - Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination by Body Corporate and submit this to the Town alongside either Form 2 or Form 2A.

The nomination must be completed by an officer of the body corporate.

If the property is owned by three or more parties, Form 2B - Enrolment Eligibility Claim - Nomination By Group Of Owners/Occupiers must also be completed.