INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 238
Rules to provide for elections for offices
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 238
Rules to provide for elections for offices
238 Rules to provide for elections for offices
(1) The rules of a State
organisation must provide for the election of the holder of each office in the
organisation by--
(a) a particular direct voting system, or
(b) a particular
collegiate electoral system that, in the case of a full-time office, is a
one-tier collegiate electoral system.
(2) In this section--
"collegiate electoral system" means a method of election comprising a first
stage, at which persons are elected to a number of offices by a direct voting
system, and a subsequent stage or subsequent stages at which persons are
elected by and from a body of persons consisting only of--
(a) persons elected
at the last preceding stage, or
(b) persons elected at the last preceding
stage and other persons (being in number not more than 15% of the number of
persons comprising the body) holding offices in the organisation (including
the office to which the election relates), not including any person holding
such an office merely because of having filled a casual vacancy in the office
within the last 12 months, or the last quarter, of the term of the office.
"direct voting system" means a method of election at which the following are
eligible to vote subject to reasonable provisions in relation to enrolment--
(a) all financial members, or
(b) all financial members included in the
division of the organisation that is appropriate having regard to the nature
of the office.
"one-tier collegiate electoral system" means a collegiate electoral system
comprising only one stage after the first stage.
