Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                                        1

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ TSRA Chief Executive Officer...................................................................................... 2

Part 2--Election of officeholders at the first meeting of the TSRA after its election       3

Division 1--Nominations                                                                                                                       3

6............ Calling for nominations................................................................................................. 3

7............ Making nominations...................................................................................................... 3

8............ Declaration of nominations............................................................................................ 4

Division 2--Polling                                                                                                                                   6

9............ Order of polls................................................................................................................ 6

10.......... Deciding the order of candidates on ballot-papers......................................................... 6

11.......... Ballot-papers................................................................................................................. 6

12.......... Polling procedure.......................................................................................................... 6

13.......... Voting........................................................................................................................... 6

Division 3--Counting votes                                                                                                                 8

14.......... Scrutineers..................................................................................................................... 8

15.......... Conduct of the count..................................................................................................... 8

16.......... Informal ballot-papers................................................................................................... 8

17.......... Completion of the count................................................................................................ 8

Division 4--Other matters                                                                                                                 10

18.......... Declaration.................................................................................................................. 10

19.......... Request for recount..................................................................................................... 10

Part 3--Other elections                                                                                                                               11

20.......... Election of new Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.................................................. 11

21.......... Election of new alternate Deputy Chairperson............................................................. 11

Part 4--Miscellaneous                                                                                                                                 13

22.......... Recording result of election......................................................................................... 13

23.......... Destruction of election materials.................................................................................. 13

Schedule 1--Method of deciding the election of a candidate                  14

1............ Absolute majority of votes.......................................................................................... 14

2............ Exhausted ballot-papers............................................................................................... 14

3............ Votes to be counted..................................................................................................... 14

4............ Candidate with absolute majority of first preference votes elected............................... 14

5............ Distribution of preferences.......................................................................................... 14

6............ Deciding which candidate is excluded......................................................................... 15

7............ Deciding which unexcluded candidate is elected......................................................... 15

 

  

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