New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PORTS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION REGULATION 2007 - REG 29

29 Printing of ballot-papers

(1) If a ballot is to be held, the returning officer:

(a) must determine the order in which the candidates’ names are to be listed on the ballot-paper by means of a ballot held in accordance with the procedure prescribed for the purposes of section 82A of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 , and

(b) must cause sufficient ballot-papers to be printed so that a ballot-paper can be sent to each employee of the relevant Port Corporation, and

(c) if a candidate information sheet has been drawn up, must cause sufficient copies of it to be printed so that a copy can be sent to each employee of the relevant Port Corporation.

(2) The ballot-paper must contain:

(a) the names of the candidates, arranged in the order determined in accordance with subclause (1) (a), with a small square opposite each name, and

(b) if the returning officer considers that the names of 2 or more candidates are so similar as to cause confusion, such other matter as the returning officer considers will distinguish between the candidates, and

(c) such directions as to the manner in which a vote is to be recorded and returned to the returning officer as are required by subclause (3), and

(d) such further directions as to the manner in which a vote is to be recorded and returned to the returning officer as the returning officer considers appropriate.

(3) The directions to voters must include the following:

(a) that the voter must record a vote for at least 1 candidate by placing the number “1” in the square opposite the name of the candidate indicating the voter’s first preference,

(b) that the voter may, but is not required to, vote for additional candidates by placing consecutive numbers (beginning with the number “2”) in the squares opposite the names of the additional candidates, indicating the voter’s preferences for them.