New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

LORD HOWE ISLAND (ELECTIONS) REGULATION 1999

- Made under the Lord Howe Island Act 1953
- As at 30 August 2002
- Reg 438 of 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Notes

   PART 2 - CALLING OF ELECTION

   5.      Election to fill casual vacancy
   6.      Calling of election
   7.      Extension of time

   PART 3 - APPOINTMENT OF RETURNING OFFICER

   8.      Appointment of returning officer and other electoral officials
   9.      Delegation by returning officer
   10.     Scrutineers

   PART 4 - THE ROLL

   11.     Preparation, certification and transmission of roll
   12.     Particulars in roll
   13.     Persons entitled to vote

   PART 5 - NOMINATIONS

   14.     Qualifications of candidates
   15.     Manner of nominating candidates
   16.     Rejection of nomination
   17.     Withdrawal of nomination
   18.     Uncontested election
   19.     Contested election

   PART 6 - BALLOT-PAPERS

   20.     Order of candidates’ names on ballot-papers
   21.     Provision of ballot-papers
   22.     Printing of ballot-papers

   PART 7 - POSTAL VOTING

   23.     Application to vote by post
   24.     Distribution of postal ballot-papers
   25.     Duplicate postal ballot-papers
   26.     Recording of postal vote
   27.     Preliminary scrutiny of postal ballot-papers

   PART 8 - PRE-POLL VOTING

   28.     Application to vote before polling day
   29.     If vote taken
   30.     Procedure for taking votes
   31.     Preliminary scrutiny of pre-poll ballot-papers

   PART 9 - VOTING AT POLLING PLACE

   32.     Appointment of polling place
   33.     Arrangements at polling place
   34.     Hours of polling
   35.     Electors to give name and address
   36.     Questions for challenged voters
   37.     Errors not to forfeit vote
   38.     Initialling of ballot-papers
   39.     Recording of vote
   40.     Spoilt ballot-papers
   41.     Assistance to certain electors
   42.     Voting procedure-disputed votes

   PART 10 - THE SCRUTINY

   43.     Scrutiny of votes at close of poll
   44.     Informal ballot-papers
   45.     Method of counting votes for 2 or 3 vacancies
   46.     Method of counting votes for 1 vacancy
   47.     Declaration of poll

   PART 11 - MISCELLANEOUS

   48.     Death of candidate
   49.     Decisions of Electoral Commissioner and returning officer
   50.     Notification of result of election
   51.     Retention of electoral papers
   52.     Offences
   53.     Repeal
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