8Register of constituents

8 Register of constituents

8 Register of constituents

(1) A committee must compile and maintain a register of its constituents and their voting entitlements, both for polls and elections.

(2) A person’s name is to be included in a committee’s register of constituents if and only if the person belongs to the class of primary producers for which the committee is constituted, as set out in the committee’s foundation regulation.

(3) A committee that decides to include a person’s name in the register, or to exclude a person’s name from the register, must cause notice of its decision to be served on the person.

(4) A committee must keep its register of constituents available for public inspection at its offices, free of charge, during its ordinary business hours.