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.     Authorised 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.     Mobile polling place  
   33.     Change of mobile polling place, dates or hours for voting  
   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 of principal member of council  
   54.     Election of ordinary member of council  
   54A.    Death of candidate  
   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  
   64A.    Electoral Commissioner's power to approve electronic and other automated systems  
   65.     Electoral costs and expenses  
   66.     Immunity from personal liability  
   67.     Infringement notice offences  
   68.     Storage and destruction of electoral papers  

   PART 8--TRANSITIONAL MATTERS FOR ELECTORAL AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011

   69.     Application to election called before commencement  
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