12Nominations for officers of association committees

12 Nominations for officers of association committees

12 Nominations for officers of association committees

(1) The written notice of the first meeting of an association committee after the appointment of the committee must include a call for nominations for chairperson, secretary and treasurer of the committee.

(2) A person who is a member of the association committee may nominate another member for election as any or all of chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the committee.

(2A) A nomination must be made by written notice or orally at the meeting in accordance with this section, or the nomination is ineffective.

(3) A nomination made by written notice must be given to the person convening the meeting, stating the name of—

(a) the person nominated, and

(b) the person making the nomination and that the person nominated consents to the nomination.

(4) The person convening the meeting must—

(a) include, in the notice of the meeting at which the election will take place, nominations, if any, received before the notice is given, and

(b) give notice at the meeting of nominations, if any, received by the convenor after the notice is given.

(5) A nomination may be made at any time before the election is held and may be made at the meeting.

(5A) For an oral nomination—

(a) the nomination must be made at the meeting, and

(b) the person nominated must—

(i) be present at the meeting, and

(ii) consent to the nomination.

(6) If a ballot for the election of a person as chairperson, secretary or treasurer of the committee is required, the election must be conducted by a show of hands of the persons present at the meeting and entitled to vote.

(7) For subsection (6), a person is taken to vote by a show of hands on a matter at a meeting if—

(a) the notice for the meeting specified voting by electronic means while participating in the meeting as a way of voting at the meeting, and