13Election of trust board

13 Election of trust board

13 Election of trust board

(1) Application of clause This clause applies in relation to the election of members (but not office bearers) of a trust board required under section 5, 32, 33 or 49 of the Act.

(2) Nominations for election Nominations of candidates for an election of members required under section 32 or 33 of the Act to which this clause applies:

(a) must be made in writing, signed by 2 commoners who are entitled to vote and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate, and

(b) must be delivered to the relevant trust officer not less than 7 days before the date fixed for the holding of the meeting of commoners at which the election is to take place.

(3) At the meeting at which that election is to take place, the person presiding at the meeting must announce the names of the candidates who are nominated.

(4) Nominations of candidates for election required under section 5 or 49 of the Act to which this clause applies are to be called at the meeting at which the election is to take place.

(5) If the number of candidates nominated under this clause is the same as, or fewer than the following number (the relevant number):

(a) in the case of an election required under section 33 of the Act to which this clause applies—the number of vacancies in the membership of the trust board,

(b) in the case of any other election to which this clause applies—the number of members of the trust board provided for in section 6 of the Act,

those candidates are to be declared by the person presiding at the meeting to be, and are taken to have been, elected as members of the trust board.

(6) Ballot for trust board If the number of candidates nominated under this clause is greater than the relevant number, a ballot is to be held and the person presiding at the meeting must:

(a) announce to the meeting the name of each candidate and the nominators of the candidate, and

(b) provide each commoner present and entitled to vote at the meeting with a blank ballot-paper.

(7) For a ballot-paper to be valid, the ballot-paper must be completed by the voter writing on it the names of the candidates (without repeating a name) for whom the voter desires to vote, the number of names written being no more than the relevant number.