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BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (STANDARD MODULE) REGULATION 2008 No. 273 - SECT 71

71 Requirements for voting papers

(1) The secretary must prepare 1 voting paper for all open motions to be decided at a general meeting.

(2) The secretary must prepare a voting paper (a secret voting paper) for a motion to be decided at the meeting by secret ballot.

(3) If 2 or more motions are to be decided at the meeting by secret ballot, they may, but need not, appear on 1 secret voting paper.

(4) A voting paper must--

(a) state each motion as required under subsection (5); and
(b) state for each motion whether a resolution without dissent, special resolution, majority resolution or ordinary resolution is required; and
(c) for a secret voting paper--be marked with the words 'secret voting paper'; and
(d) if the voting paper is accompanied by an explanatory schedule including an explanatory note for a motion--state that an explanatory note for the motion is included in the explanatory schedule; and
(e) enable a person who is a voter for the general meeting to cast a written vote on each motion to be considered at the meeting; and
(f) if the body corporate has by ordinary resolution decided that voters for general meetings may cast votes electronically for open motions--provide instructions on how a person who is a voter for the general meeting may cast an electronic vote on each open motion to be decided at the meeting; and
(g) if the body corporate has by ordinary resolution decided that voters for general meetings may cast votes electronically for motions to be decided by secret ballot--provide instructions on how a person who is a voter for the general meeting may cast an electronic vote on each motion to be decided by secret ballot at the meeting.

(5) The voting paper must state--

(a) for a motion other than a motion with alternatives, each of the following--
(i) the motion in the form in which it was submitted without amendment;
(ii) if the motion is not submitted by the committee--the name and, if applicable, the lot number of the person submitting the motion;
(iii) if the motion is submitted by the committee--that the motion is submitted by the committee and whether the motion is a statutory motion; and
(b) for a motion with alternatives, each of the following--
(i) the motion and alternatives as required under section 72;
(ii) the name and, if applicable, the lot number of the person submitting each alternative;
(iii) that the motion is submitted by the committee.


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