ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 268ZD Voting roll and ballot papers

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT REGULATION 2000 - REG 268ZD

268ZD Voting roll and ballot papers

(1) The returning officer must prepare a voting roll containing the following matters--

(a) the names and addresses of all of the owners of each lot of land subject to the proposed development plan,

(b) a unique identifier for each group of co-owners of land subject to the proposed development plan,

(c) the lot and deposited plan numbers, and area, of the lots of land owned by each owner (other than as a co-owner),

(d) the lot and deposited plan numbers, and area, of the lots of land owned by each group of co-owners (identified by the unique identifier for each group).

(2) The returning officer must cause ballot papers to be prepared in the form determined by the authority and approved by the Planning Secretary.

(3) Each ballot paper must--

(a) be initialled by the returning officer or an appointed assistant, and

(b) bear a mark that identifies it as a genuine ballot paper.

(4) Each owner of land subject to the proposed development plan is entitled to one ballot paper, whether or not the land consists of one or more lots and whether or not it is owned with other co-owners or the same co-owners.

Note : For the purposes of determining the consent of an owner of land to a development order, 2 or more owners of the same lot of land are to be treated as one owner (see clause 3(3) of Schedule 7 to the Act and clause 268ZG(4)).

(5) The returning officer must, at least 28 days before the date fixed for the closing of the ballot, send by post or otherwise deliver to every owner entitled to a ballot paper one set of the following material--

(a) one ballot paper,

(b) a statement as to the place, date and time at which the proposed development plan is available for inspection or the address of a website where it may be found,

(c) an envelope (the
"outer envelope" ) addressed to the returning officer and the reverse side of which is noted or printed with the name and address of the owner and the lots and deposited plan numbers of the land to which the ballot paper relates,

(d) a small envelope (the
"inner envelope" ) in which the ballot paper is to be enclosed,

(e) a statement relating to the ballot in a form approved by the Planning Secretary.

(6) The returning officer may send a duplicate ballot paper to any owner if the returning officer is satisfied that the owner has not received a ballot paper or that the ballot paper received by the owner has been lost, spoilt or destroyed and that the owner has not already voted.

(7) If a duplicate ballot paper is sent, the relevant outer envelope is to be marked with the word "Duplicate".