28Nominating candidates

28 Nominating candidates

28 Nominating candidates

(1) A separate nomination form must be completed for each nominee and for each category in which that person is nominated.

(2) Each person who nominates another for election must be eligible to vote in that election. A person cannot nominate himself or herself for election.

(3) Each nomination form must contain:

(a) a statement to the effect that section 26F of the Act provides that each Fellow has the duties set out in Schedule 2A of the Act and may be removed from office by the Senate in accordance with section 26G of the Act for a breach of such a duty, and

(b) an acknowledgment to be signed by the person nominated that the person has read sections 26F and 26G of, and Schedule 2A to, the Act and understands the effect of those provisions.

(3A) Each nomination form must contain the written consent of the person nominated and an acknowledgment (as referred to in subclause (3) (b)) signed by the person nominated.

(4) A person cannot nominate more than one person in any election. If this occurs, the returning officer is to treat the first signed nomination form received as the valid nomination for that election.

(5) At the time of nomination, the nominee may provide a statement of no more than 100 words containing any of the following information:

(a) the nominee’s name,

(b) current occupation or position,

(c) if a student, the current course and year of enrolment,

(d) academic qualifications,

(e) honours and distinctions,

(f) employment experience,

(g) any other information the nominee thinks relevant.

(6) The returning officer may edit any information provided by a nominee under subclause (5). Edited statements are to be provided to voters.

cl 28: Am 2005 (651), Sch 1 [10]; 2009 (389), Sch 1 [11].