New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS (ELECTIONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 19

19 Counting of votes

(1) As soon as practicable after the close of ballot, the returning officer must:

(a) open all the envelopes received (except those envelopes rejected under clause 18) and extract the ballot-papers, and, without unfolding them, place the ballot-papers in a ballot-box, and

(b) mix the ballot-papers and draw them at random, and

(c) unfold them, reject those that are informal, and count and record, in accordance with clause 20, the votes recorded on those that are formal.

(2) A ballot-paper is informal if:

(a) it contains any matter by which the voter may be identified, or

(b) it is not completed in accordance with the directions printed on it.