BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 109 Request for poll

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 109

109 Request for poll

(1) A person entitled to vote at a general meeting of the body corporate for a community titles scheme may ask for a poll for the counting of the vote on a motion to be decided by ordinary resolution, other than an ordinary resolution conducted by secret ballot.

(2) The person must ask for the poll—

(a) in person at the meeting; or

(b) on the voting paper on which the person votes in respect of the motion, whether or not the person is personally present at the meeting.

(3) The request for a poll—

(a) may be made whether or not the meeting has already voted on the motion other than by poll; and

(b) may be withdrawn by the person who made it at any time before the poll is completed.

(4) However, the request under subsection (3) (a) must be made no later than—

(a) if the motion (
"motion A" ) is not the last motion to be considered at the meeting—before the meeting decides the next motion to be considered after motion A; or

(b) if motion A is the last motion to be considered at the meeting—before the meeting ends.