59Determination of order of names

59  Determination of order of names

 (1) Where for the purposes of section 55 a person is required to determine under this section the order of the names of candidates or of *groups in the *list of candidates to be used in an election:

 (a) the person must, 24 hours after the *hour of nomination, at the *place of nomination or at another place specified in writing by the AEO for the purpose of this section, and before all persons present at that place:

 (i) prepare a list of the names or groups, as the case may be, in such order as the person considers appropriate; and

 (ii) read out that list; and

 (iii) place a number of balls equal to the number of candidates or groups, as the case may be, being balls of equal size and weight and each of which is marked with a different number, in a spherical container large enough to allow all the balls in it to move about freely when it is rotated; and

 (iv) rotate the container and permit any other person present who wishes to do so to rotate the container; and

 (v) cause a person who is blindfolded and has been blindfolded since before the rotation of the container in accordance with subparagraph (iv) to take the balls, or cause the balls to come, out of the container one by one and, as each ball is taken or comes out, to pass it to another person who must call out the number on the ball; and

 (vi) as each number is called out in accordance with subparagraph (v), write the number opposite to a name or group, as the case may be, in the list prepared in accordance with subparagraph (i) so that the number called out first is opposite the first name or group in the list and the subsequent order of the numbers in the list is the order in which they are called out; and

 (vii) place all the balls back in the container; and

 (viii) rotate the container and permit any other person present who wishes to do so to rotate the container; and

 (ix) cause a person who is blindfolded and has been blindfolded since before the rotation of the container in accordance with subparagraph (viii) to take the balls, or cause the balls to come, out of the container one by one and, as each ball is taken or comes out, to pass it to another person who must call out the number on the ball; and

 (x) prepare a list of the numbers called out in accordance with subparagraph (ix) set out in the order in which they were called out in accordance with subparagraph (ix); and

 (xi) write on the list prepared in accordance with subparagraph (x) opposite each number the name or group, as the case may be, set out opposite to that number in the list prepared in accordance with subparagraph (i); and

 (b) the order in which the names or groups, as the case may be, are set out in the list prepared in accordance with subparagraph (a)(x) is the order of the names or groups determined by the person under this section.