14Election of office bearers required under section 5, 32 or 49 of Act

14 Election of office bearers required under section 5, 32 or 49 of Act

14 Election of office bearers required under section 5, 32 or 49 of Act

(1) This clause applies only in relation to the election of office bearers of a trust board required under section 5, 32 or 49 of the Act.

(2) Nominations for election Nominations of candidates for an election to which this clause applies are to be called immediately following the election of the members of a trust board under clause 13.

(3) If no more than 1 candidate is nominated for an office bearer’s position under this clause, that candidate is to be declared by the person presiding at the meeting to be, and is taken to have been, elected to that position.

(4) Ballot for position of office bearer If more than 1 candidate is nominated for an office bearer’s position under this clause, a ballot is to be held and the person presiding at the meeting must:

(a) announce to the meeting the name of the position concerned, the name of each candidate and the nominator of the candidate, and

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

(5) If a ballot for more than 1 office bearer’s position is required, successive ballots are to be held (one for each office bearer’s position).

(6) For a ballot-paper to be valid, the ballot-paper must be completed by the voter writing on it the name of the candidate for whom the voter desires to vote.

(7) The completed ballot-paper must be returned to the person presiding at the meeting.

(8) The person presiding at the meeting is to declare elected to a position the candidate who has the greatest number of votes for the position cast by means of valid ballot-papers.

(9) If the total number of votes received by 2 or more candidates for any position is equal and it is necessary to exclude 1 or more of them in respect of that position, the candidate to fill the position is to be decided:

(a) by a show of hands of commoners present and entitled to vote at the meeting, or

(b) if any such show of hands results in an equality of votes, by the casting vote of the person presiding at the meeting.