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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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