Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Part 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title
1A. Purposes
2. Interpretation
3. Forms
PART II - ADMINISTRATION
4. Assistant returning officer
5. Officer becoming candidate
PART III - ROLLS
6. [Repealed]
7. Preparation of rolls
8. Printing of rolls
9. Availability of rolls
10. Closing of rolls
PART IV - NOMINATIONS
11. Public notice of nominations
12. Mode of nomination
13. Deposit to be returned in certain cases
14. Withdrawal of consent
15. Nominations
16. Declaration of candidates
16A. [Repealed]
17. Failure of election
18. New date for failed election
PART V - VOTING BY POST
18A. Register of Postal Voters
19. Application for postal ballot-paper
20. Duty of witnesses
21. Issue of postal ballot-papers
22. Possession of applications
23. Numbering of applications
24. Returning officer to notify issue of postal ballot-papers
25. Directions for postal voting
26. Voting on postal ballot-papers
27. Disclosure of information
28. Postal Ballot-box
PART VI - POLLING
28A. Pre-poll voting
29. Returning officer to appoint polling places, etc.
29A. Voting at certain polling places may be restricted to class of voters
29B. Places and hours of use of mobile polling team
30. Licensed premises to be used only in certain circumstances
31. Separate voting compartments
32. Ballot-boxes
33. Ballot-papers
34. Candidate's representatives at polling
35. Persons present at polling
36. Polling
37. Person may vote only once
38. Name to be on roll
39. Person claiming to vote to give names and other particulars
40. Withholding ballot-paper
41. Record of objections
42. Ballot-papers to be initialled
43. Vote to be marked in private
44. Incorrect details in roll
45. Assistance of certain persons
46. Vote of unlisted person
47. Record of withholding ballot-paper
48. Method of voting
49. Spoilt and discarded ballot-papers
50. Adjournment of polling
51. Marking of ballot-papers
52. Offences in relation to elections
53. Employee wishing to vote
PART VII - DETERMINATION OF RESULTS OF POLLING
54. Definitions
55. Determination
56. Candidate's representative at determination
57. Proceedings at determination
58. Conduct of determination
59. Checking postal vote certificates
60. Examination of regulation 46 declarations
61. Part-counting of votes
62. Omissions and errors in ballot-papers
63. Objections by candidate's representatives
64. Determination of first preference votes
65. Method of determining election
66. [Repealed]
67. Disregarding certain votes
68. Re-count
69. Applicable provisions for re-count
70. Referral of question to returning officer
71. Public declaration of result
72. Declaration of poll
PART VIIA - ELECTORAL DISPUTES
72A. [Repealed]
72B. Method of disputing validity of election
72C. Persons to be served
72D. No proceedings unless requisites complied with
72E. Powers of Tribunal
72F. Inquiries by Tribunal
72G. Exercise of powers
72H. Reporting of offences
72I. Tribunal may have regard to certain rejected ballot-papers
72J. Immaterial errors not to vitiate election
72K. Returning officer to receive copy of petition and decision
PART VIII - OFFENCES
73. Exemption of public policy statements
74. Printing of advertisements
75. Heading of advertisements
76. Articles to be signed
77. Untrue statements
78. Signature to papers
79. Witnesses to papers
80. Prohibition of canvassing near polling booths
81. Making unauthorized marks
82. Forged documents
83. Publication of matter regarding candidates
84. Failure to vote
85. Court hearing
PART IX - MISCELLANEOUS
86. Disclosure of information
87. Undertaking by officers and candidates' representatives
88. Destruction of ballot-papers
89. Regulatory offences
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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