Vote as a non-residential business owner, occupier or rate-paying lessee

You may be entitled to vote as a non-resident owner if you meet all of the criteria listed:

• You (or your corporation) own rateable property (residential or business, excluding utility lots), by yourself or with others, in the City of Sydney local area.
• Your enrolled residential address isn’t in the City of Sydney local area.
• You’re entitled to vote in NSW state elections.

If you’re nominated on behalf of your corporation, you must also be a current company secretary, director or equivalent of that corporation.

We know who owns each rateable property in the local area at any given time. We receive regular updates about property purchases and have access to supplementary data from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

We’ll make direct contact with eligible property owners to confirm the details we hold, their requirements regarding the 2021 election and to ask for additional information when needed.

Property owners don’t need to apply to be on the non-residential register as we’ll automatically add their details.

You may be entitled to vote as a non-resident occupier if you meet all of the criteria listed:

• You (or your corporation) occupy rateable property (residential or business, excluding utility lots) by yourself or with others, in the City of Sydney local area.
• You pay $4,000 or more a year to occupy the property, by yourself or with others.
• You have occupied the property continuously for the previous 3 months.
• Your enrolled residential address isn’t in the City of Sydney local area.
• You’re entitled to vote in NSW state elections.

If you’re nominated on behalf of your corporation you must also be a current company secretary, director or equivalent of that corporation.

We don’t hold information about who occupies each property in the city. Therefore, property occupiers are required to apply to be on the register and be eligible to vote at the 2021 election.

To be eligible you need to provide us with the following details:

• the name of the person, or people, and/or corporation/s that pay to occupy the property
• the address of the property you occupy
• your contact details
• if you occupy as a corporation, your corporation’s ACN
• if you occupy as a person, your date of birth for the NSW Electoral Commission to verify your enrolment details.

You also need to declare that you:

• have occupied this property for at least 3 months
• pay at least $4,000 per annum to occupy the property (alone or with others).

You may be entitled to vote as a non-resident rate-paying lessee if you meet all of the criteria listed:

• You (or your corporation) lease rateable property (residential or business, excluding utility lots), by yourself or with others, in the City of Sydney local area.
• You pay $4,000 or more a year in lease payments for the property, which includes a contribution to rates, by yourself or with others.
• You have leased the property continuously for the previous 3 months.
• Your enrolled residential address is not in the City of Sydney local area.
• You are entitled to vote in NSW state elections.

If you’re nominated on behalf of your corporation you must also be a current company secretary, director or equivalent of that corporation.

If you’re unsure whether you pay a contribution towards rates, it is likely that you are not a rate-paying lessee, but you may be an occupier (see property occupiers above).