Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Part 1 Preliminary matters
   1.      Citation
   2.      Object
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Authorised officers
   5.      General directions
           Part 2 Preparations for an election
           Division 1 Nominations
   6.      Returning officer to invite nominations of candidates
   7.      Form of nomination
   8.      Making and withdrawal of nomination
   9.      Rejection of nomination
   10.     Declaration of duly nominated candidates and determination of order of names on the ballot paper
           Division 2 Electoral roll
   11.     Closing of the roll
           Division 3 Ballot papers
   12.     Form of ballot paper
           Division 4 Administrative arrangements
   13.     Administrative arrangements
   14.     Polling places etc.
           Division 5 Scrutineers
   15.     Scrutineers - appointment
   16.     Scrutineers - presence at polling place and scrutiny centre
           Part 3 Voting
           Division 1 Entitlement to vote and other preliminary matters
   17.     Entitlement to vote
   18.     Method of voting
   19.     Voter's question
           Division 2 Ordinary voting at polling place
   20.     Issue of ballot paper
   21.     Voting in private
           Division 3 Declaration voting
   22.     Right to declaration voting
   23.     Issue of ballot paper for declaration voting
   24.     Casting declaration vote
           Division 4 Postal voting
           Subdivision 1 Application for postal voting papers
   25.     Who may apply for postal voting papers
   26.     Application for postal voting papers
   27.     Issue of postal voting papers
   28.     Returning officer to record applications
   29.     Applications to be available for public inspection
           Subdivision 2 Casting postal vote
   30.     Casting postal vote
           Division 5 Mobile polling
   31.     Application of Division
   32.     Authorisation for mobile polling
   33.     Notice of authorisation or variation of authorisation
   34.     Authorised officers to be present during polling
   35.     Voting at mobile polling place
   36.     Dealing with ballot boxes
           Division 6 Miscellaneous
   37.     Polling times
   38.     Assistance to certain voters
   39.     Assistance to voters unable to enter polling place
   40.     Spoilt or discarded ballot paper
   41.     Dealing with ballot boxes and electoral papers
   42.     Adjournment of polling
   43.     Employee wishing to vote
           Part 4 The Scrutiny
           Division 1 Preliminary
   44.     How scrutiny carried out
           Division 2 Formality of ballot papers and related matters
   45.     Informal ballot paper
   46.     Postal and declaration voting papers to be rejected on basis of time or manner of receipt
   47.     Rejection of informal ballot papers
   48.     Objections by candidate's scrutineer
           Division 3 Declaration votes
   49.     Examination of voting papers for declaration voting
           Division 4 Postal votes
   50.     Receipt of postal voting papers
   51.     Scrutiny of postal voting papers
           Division 5 Determining and declaring result of election
   52.     Determination of result of election
   53.     Election for principal member of the council
   54.     Election of ordinary members of council
   55.     Recount
   56.     Declaration of result of election
           Division 6 Miscellaneous
   57.     Time
   58.     New election on failure of election
           Part 5 Electoral Offences
   59.     Dishonesty
   60.     Interference with electoral materials
   61.     Duty of those who assist voters
   62.     Conduct at polling place
           Part 6 Review of electoral representation
   63.     Assessment of the effectiveness of constitutional arrangements for electoral representation of the council's area
           Part 7 Miscellaneous
   64.     Appointment of returning officer
   65.     Electoral costs and expenses
   66.     Immunity from personal liability
   67.     Infringement notice offences
   68.     Return of candidate's deposit
   69.     Destruction of electoral papers
           Schedule Infringement notice offences and infringement notice penalties
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