sec.70Appointment and functions of returning officer [ SM, s 112 ]

sec.70 Appointment and functions of returning officer [ SM, s 112 ]

The body corporate must appoint a returning officer for each general meeting at which a motion is to be decided by secret ballot. Also, the body corporate may appoint a returning officer for any other general meeting. The returning officer has all or any of the following functions as decided by the body corporate and stated in the returning officer’s instrument of appointment— deciding questions about eligibility to vote and voting entitlements; receiving hard copy and electronic votes for secret ballots; counting votes, or inspecting the counting of votes; deciding whether a vote is valid. The following persons are not eligible for appointment as a returning officer for a body corporate— the owner of a lot included in the community titles scheme; a person engaged as a body corporate manager or service contractor, or authorised as a letting agent; an associate of a person mentioned in paragraph (b) . (sec.70-ssec.1) The body corporate must appoint a returning officer for each general meeting at which a motion is to be decided by secret ballot. (sec.70-ssec.2) Also, the body corporate may appoint a returning officer for any other general meeting. (sec.70-ssec.3) The returning officer has all or any of the following functions as decided by the body corporate and stated in the returning officer’s instrument of appointment— deciding questions about eligibility to vote and voting entitlements; receiving hard copy and electronic votes for secret ballots; counting votes, or inspecting the counting of votes; deciding whether a vote is valid. (sec.70-ssec.4) The following persons are not eligible for appointment as a returning officer for a body corporate— the owner of a lot included in the community titles scheme; a person engaged as a body corporate manager or service contractor, or authorised as a letting agent; an associate of a person mentioned in paragraph (b) .

• (a) deciding questions about eligibility to vote and voting entitlements;
• (b) receiving hard copy and electronic votes for secret ballots;
• (c) counting votes, or inspecting the counting of votes;
• (d) deciding whether a vote is valid.
• (a) the owner of a lot included in the community titles scheme;
• (b) a person engaged as a body corporate manager or service contractor, or authorised as a letting agent;
• (c) an associate of a person mentioned in paragraph (b) .