New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
- Made under the Local Government Act 1993
- As at 31 August 2004
- Reg 503 of 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Regulation
2. Commencement
3. Application of Regulation
4. Definitions
5. Notes
PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION
6. Electoral official cannot be candidate
7. Notice of changes to wards
PART 3 - ELECTORAL ROLLS
8. Closing date
9. Form of roll of electors
10. Advertising of enrolments
11. Enrolment claims and objections
12. Competing claimants for enrolment
13, 14. (Repealed)
15. Supply of forms
16. Request for omission of residence from roll (non-resident electors)
PART 4 - NOTICE OF ELECTION AND NOMINATIONS
17. Notification of vacancy
18. Nomination day
19. Place of nomination
20. Notice of election
21. Nomination proposals
22. Candidate information sheets
23. Withdrawal of nomination proposals
24. Multiple nomination proposals
25. Refund of deposit
26. Inspection of names of persons proposed for nomination
27. Returning officer to nominate candidates
28. Declaration of uncontested election
PART 5 - POLLING PLACES
29. Polling places
30. Pre-poll voting offices
PART 6 - PREPARATION FOR POLL
31. Poll
32. Notification of poll
33. Claims for grouping of candidates
34. (Repealed)
35. Order of candidates and groups on ballot-papers
36. Order of ungrouped candidates on ballot-papers
37. Order of groups of candidates on ballot-papers
38. Form of ballot-papers
38A. Registration of electoral material
39. Supply of rolls and ballot-papers
40. Return of numbers of ballot-papers before poll
41. Ballot-paper to be initialled
42. Ballot-paper may be written
PART 7 - POSTAL AND OTHER SPECIAL TYPES OF VOTING
Division 1 - Postal voting
43. Postal voting: qualifications
44. Postal voting: application
45. Registration of general postal voters
46. Electors entitled to postal vote
47. Issue of postal ballot-paper
48. Postal voting procedure
49. Closing time for postal vote
50. Receipt of postal ballot-papers
Division 2 - Pre-poll voting
51. Pre-poll voting: qualifications
52. Pre-poll voting: application
53. Pre-poll voting procedure
54. Pre-poll voting by elector not on roll
55. Surrender of postal ballot-papers
56. Pre-poll voting offices and times
Division 3 - Declared institution voting
57. Declared institutions
58. Application of Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912
59. Modification of provisions
60. Declared institutions ballot-box
61. Declared institution voting by elector not on roll
Division 4 - Mobile booths
62. Mobile booths in hospitals etc
Division 5 - Miscellaneous
63. Assistance of officers
PART 8 - VOTING ON ELECTION DAY
64. Principal polling place
65. (Repealed)
66. Senior deputy returning officer’s functions
67. Hours of voting
68. Scrutineers
69. Where electors may vote
70. Questions put to elector
71. Voting by elector with confidential address
72. Delivery of ballot-paper to elector
73. Voting
74. Elector whose name is not on roll
75. Voting if name already marked on roll
PART 9 - SCRUTINY AND COUNTING
76. Informal ballot-papers
77. Persons present at scrutiny and count
78. Postal, pre-poll and declared institution votes
79. Initial scrutiny and count
80. Sending ballot-papers to returning officer
81. Checking of ballot-papers in sealed envelopes
82. Finalising the count
83. Double candidature: candidate elected as mayor
84. Recount
85. Who pays for the recount?
86. Result of recount
87. Declaring the election
PART 10 - OFFENCES
88. Penalty notices
89. Misconduct in voting
90. False statements in forms
91. Misconduct by witness to postal vote
92. Misconduct in relation to postal voting
93. Misconduct by person present at pre-poll or declared institution voting
94. Other misconduct in relation to postal, pre-poll or declared institution voting
95. Breach of secrecy
96. Obstruction of electoral officials
97. False answers to questions put by electoral officials
98. Obstructing access to polling place
99. Persons present in polling place
100. Misconduct by scrutineers
101. Misconduct at polling place or pre-poll voting office
102. Improperly signing or witnessing electoral papers
103. Forging or uttering electoral papers
104. Stuffing ballot-boxes
105. Opening sealed parcels
106. Bribery
107. Treating
108. Intimidation
108A. Distribution of electoral material on polling day
109. Printing etc false information
110. Exhibition of posters
111. Name and address on advertisements etc
112. Encouraging ticks or crosses on ballots
PART 11 - MISCELLANEOUS
113. When polling may be adjourned etc
114. Notice of adjournment to returning officer
115. Votes at adjourned poll
116. Postponed and adjourned elections
117. Spoilt ballot-papers
118. Assistance to certain electors
119. Signature to electoral paper
120. Check on double-voting
121. Security of election materials
122. Access to election materials
123. Application of Election Funding Act 1981
123A. (Repealed)
PART 12 - MAYORS, COUNTY COUNCILS AND REFERENDUMS
124. Election of mayors by councillors
125. Election of chairpersons of county councils
126. Election of members of county councils
127. Constitutional referendums and council polls
PART 13 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL
128. Repeal
129. General saving
130. Transitional provision
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