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AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES REGULATION 2015 - REG 47

Notice of ballot

47 Notice of ballot

(1) As soon as practicable after receiving the preliminary roll for the election, the returning officer:
(a) must cause notice that a ballot is to be held to be published:
(i) in at least one newspaper circulating generally throughout New South Wales, or
(ii) in one or more local newspapers that, individually or collectively, circulate generally throughout the committee's area of operations or the electoral district concerned, and
(b) may cause that notice to be sent by post to each person whose name is included in the preliminary roll for the election at the address shown on the roll.
(2) The notice must:
(a) state that a ballot is to be taken, and
(b) state the area of operations or electoral district for which the election is to be held, and
(c) specify the class of primary producers for which the committee concerned is constituted, as set out in the committee's foundation regulation, and
(d) state a time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of exhibition of the preliminary roll, and
(e) state a time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of enrolments, and
(f) state a time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of the ballot, and
(g) advise where copies of the preliminary roll will be exhibited, and
(h) specify the qualifications for voting in accordance with clause 60, and
(i) advise where applications for enrolment and objections against enrolment may be lodged, and
(j) state that it is compulsory for persons who are qualified to vote in the election to be enrolled, or to apply for enrolment, in the final roll for the election.
(3) The time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of exhibition of the preliminary roll must not be earlier than 14 days after the calling of the ballot.
(4) The time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of enrolments must not be earlier than the close of exhibition of the preliminary roll or later than 14 days before the close of the ballot.
(5) The time and date fixed by the returning officer for the close of the ballot must not be earlier than 28 days after the calling of the ballot.



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