Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

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      [Repealed]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    [Repealed]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
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