New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 1992 - SECT 195A

195A Expenses involved in postal ballots on requisition

(cf Vic Act s 203)

(1) All reasonable expenses incurred by a co-operative in and in connection with preparing for and holding a special postal ballot are to be considered to constitute the "expenses of the postal ballot" for the purposes of section 195.

(2) Those expenses include (but are not limited to) the following expenses:

(a) the cost of obtaining expert advice (including legal and financial advice) and of commissioning expert reports,

(b) costs attributable to the use of staff of the co-operative in connection with preparing for and holding the ballot,

(c) the cost of producing, printing and posting the ballot papers and other material associated with the ballot.