New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC WORKS ACT 1912 - SECT 9

9 Election of members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

(1) Upon a resolution being passed by the Assembly that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works be appointed, of the passage of which the Legislative Council shall be informed by Message asking its concurrence, the Speaker shall fix a date, being within a period of fourteen days from the passing of the resolution, up to and including which the Speaker shall receive nominations of members of the Legislative Assembly for election and appointment as members of the Committee.

(2) Every such nomination shall be made and signed by at least five members, on a form provided by the Speaker for that purpose, and shall be delivered to the Clerk together with the written consent to the nomination of the member nominated.

(3) Where members to the number hereinbefore required, and no more or less, are nominated, the Speaker shall declare such members to be elected as members of the Committee.

(4) Where members to a less number than that so required are nominated, the Speaker shall declare such members to be elected as members of the Committee, and shall at the same time declare such other members as the Speaker thinks fit, being sufficient to make up such required number, to be elected as members of the Committee.

(5) Where members to a greater number than that so required are nominated, the Speaker shall appoint a day, being not later than the seventh day from the last day during which nominations may be received, upon which a ballot shall take place for the election of members of the Committee.

(6) Upon the day so appointed, the Clerk, for the purpose of such ballot, shall furnish every member with a ballot-paper in the form of the Second Schedule to this Act containing the names of the members nominated in alphabetical order of surnames.

(7) Every member shall vote by striking out the names of the members whom the member does not wish to be elected, and the member shall be deemed to have voted for the members whose names are not struck out on the member’s ballot-paper. No ballot-paper shall be deemed to be valid if the member has voted for more or less members than the number to be elected.

(8) Every member after the member has voted as aforesaid shall deliver the member’s ballot-paper to the Clerk, giving the Clerk time to note as hereinafter mentioned every paper previously presented.

(9) The Clerk, on the presentation of every ballot-paper, shall place his or her initials against the name of the member presenting the ballot-paper on a list containing the name of all the members of the Legislative Assembly, and the list of members so initialled shall be kept on record with the other proceedings of the ballot.

(10) The votes shall be counted by the Clerk, and the result of the ballot shall be delivered to the Speaker, together with the records of the proceedings of the ballot.

(11) The members, to such required number as aforesaid, who receive the greatest number of votes at the ballot shall be declared by the Speaker to be elected as members of the Committee. Where two or more members receive the same number of votes, the Speaker shall declare which of the said members receiving the same number of votes shall be elected.