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Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980
sch.2-sec.6-oc.2Withdrawal of voting paper
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### sch.2-sec.6-oc.2 Withdrawal of voting paper
Notwithstanding that a person entitled to vote at a general meeting of a body corporate has cast a vote on a motion submitted at that meeting or on an election of the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the body corporate and other members of the committee by indicating the person’s vote on that motion on a voting paper referred to in section 1 (6) (b) or ballot paper referred to in section 1 (5) (c) , if the person attends that meeting either personally or by another person holding a proxy, the person may before commencement of the business of the meeting notify the chairperson or secretary of the body corporate that the person withdraws that voting paper or ballot paper and, where the person does so—
for the purpose of determining whether there is a quorum for consideration of any such motion or for the holding of any such election at the meeting, the person’s voting paper or ballot paper, as the case may be, shall be disregarded; and
for the purpose of counting the votes on that motion or that election, the person’s voting paper or ballot paper shall be disregarded; and
the person or the person’s proxy duly appointed in writing may vote on that motion or that election at the meeting in the same manner as if the person had not furnished that voting paper or ballot paper.
sch 2 pt 2 s 6 amd 1988 No. 23 s 84
- (a) for the purpose of determining whether there is a quorum for consideration of any such motion or for the holding of any such election at the meeting, the person’s voting paper or ballot paper, as the case may be, shall be disregarded; and
- (b) for the purpose of counting the votes on that motion or that election, the person’s voting paper or ballot paper shall be disregarded; and
- (c) the person or the person’s proxy duly appointed in writing may vote on that motion or that election at the meeting in the same manner as if the person had not furnished that voting paper or ballot paper.