28Notice of election

28 Notice of election

28 Notice of election

(1) As soon as practicable after the Governor has directed that an election is required to be held in any area for any purpose, the returning officer must cause notice of that fact—

(a) to be sent to the appropriate officer, and

(b) to be published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the area.

(2) The notice to be sent to the appropriate officer—

(a) must state that an election is to be held in that area for that purpose, and

(b) must fix a time and date for the close of nominations.

(3) The notice to be published in the newspaper—

(a) must state that an election is to be held in that area for that purpose, and

(b) must call for nominations of candidates, and

(c) must specify the time and date for the close of nominations, and

(d) must advise where nomination forms may be obtained and where nominations may be lodged, and

(e) must advise where information is available as to the qualifications which entitle a producer to nominate a candidate for the election, and

(f) must specify the method of counting the votes that will apply.

Note.

Clause 53 provides that the method of counting the votes in an election may be either the preferential method provided by the Constitution Act 1902 or the “first past the post” method.

(4) The close of nominations must not be earlier than 21 days, or later than 28 days, after the calling of the election.

(5) The returning officer must ensure that information as to the qualifications which entitle a producer to nominate a candidate for the election is available as stated in the notice.

(6) Information as to those qualifications may be made available as information forming part of a copy of any form provided by the returning officer for use in the nomination of a candidate.