Hospital Board Election Regulations (ACT)

THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT

OF GOVERNMENT.

Regulations under the Canberra Community Hospital

Board Ordinance 1935.

W I L L I A M M O R R I S H U G H E S , Minister of State for Heal th, in

I , pursuance of the powers conferred by the Canberra Community

Hospital	Board	Ordinance	1935,	hereby	make	the	following
Regulations.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of August , 1935.

W. M. H U G H E S

Minister of State for Heal th .

HOSPITAL BOARD ELECTION REGULATIONS.

Short title.	1. These Regulations may be cited as the Hospital Board Election Regulations.
Definitions.	2.— (1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention

appears—

" candidate " means a candidate for election;

" election " means an election of the two non-official members of

the Board ;

" n o m i n a t i o n " means the nomination of a candidate;

" r o l l " means the roll of electors prepared in pursuance of the

Advisory Council Election Regulations;

" the Advisory Council Election Regula t ions" means the Advisory Council Election Regulations made under the Advisory Council Ordinance 1930-1932, as amended from time to t ime;

" the Board " means the Canberra Community Hospital Board

constituted under the Ordinance;

" t h e Chief Electoral Officer" means.the Chief Electoral Officer

for the Commonwealth;

" the Commonwealth Electoral A c t " means the Commonwealth

Electoral Act 1918-1934, as amended from time to t ime ;

" the Ord inance" means the Canberra Community Hospital

Board Ordinance 1935, as amended from time to time.

(2.) Any reference in these Regulations to a Form shall be read as a reference to a Form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Returning	3. For the purposes of any election of the two non-official members of the Board, the Chief Electoral Officer shall be the Returning Officer, and shall be charged with the duty of giving effect to the provisions of the Ordinance in so far as it relates to the election, and of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and the Advisory Council Election Regulations in so far as they are applicable to such election.
officer.
direction to	the Returning Officer shall publish in the Gazette and in a newspaper
be published.	circulating in the Terr i tory a notification of the issue of the direction
and of the dates fixed for the nomination and the polling.
Assistant	4. An Assistant Returning Officer may be appointed by the Chief
Returning
Officer.	Electoral Officer to exercise, subject to the control of the Returning Officer, all the powers of the Returning Officer.
Marks to bo	5. The Registrar appointed by the Chief Electoral Officer under the
placed on
roll Rgainst	Advisory Council Election Regulations to keep the roll for the Terr i tory
names of
residents of	shall cause a distinguishing mark to be placed against the name of each
Jervis Bay	person on the roll who is resident in the Terri tory accepted by the
Territory.	Commonwealth in pursuance of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 in order to indicate that that person is not entitled to vote at the election of the non-official members of the Board.
Minister to	6.—(1.) The Minister shall direct the Returning Officer to cause election to be made of the two non-official members of the Board and shall appoint the dates for the nomination of candidates and the polling.
direct election
to be held.
(2.) The direction under this Regulation for the holding of an election may be in accordance with Form 1.
Notification	7. Upon receipt of a direction under the last preceding Regulation,
of Issue of

than ten days after the date of the issue of the direction for the holding day- 8.—-(1.) Nomination day shall not be less than five days nor more Nomination

of the election.

(2.) The hour of nomination shall be twelve o'clock noon on nomination day.

9. Polling day shall be not less than seven days, nor more than Foiling day.

fourteen days, after nomination day.

10.—(1.) The form of nomination may be in accordance with Form Form of

2	a n d	S h a l l —	nomination.
(a) state the name of the candidate, his place of residence and

occupation; and

( i ) be signed by not less than six persons entitled to vote at the

election.

(2.) The place of nomination shall be the office of the Returning Officer at Canberra.

nomination may be in accordance with Form 3 and shall be signed by nom,natlon- 11. The notice of withdrawal by a candidate of his consent to withdrawal ot

the candidate in the presence of the officer with whom the nomination

was lodged or of a Commissioner for Declarations.

12. If two candidates only are nominated the Returning Officer shall where two

declare those candidates elected. arenominatedy

13.—(1.) If more than two candidates are nominated the wuero more

Returning Officer shall make all necessary arrangements for taking the SSSidotes «w

p o l l .	nominated.
(2.) Where the election is held on the same day as an Advisory Council Election under the Advisory Council Election Regulations— (a) the polling places appointed for the purposes of the Advisory Council Election shall be polling places for the

purposes of the election ;

(b) the Presiding Officers and Poll Clerks appointed for the purposes of the Advisory Council Election shall be Presiding Officers and Poll Clerks for the purposes of the election; and

(c) the ballot-boxes and certified copies of the roll provided for the purposes of the Advisory Council Election shall be ballot-boxes and certified copies of the roll for the purposes of the election:

Provided that names against which marks have been placed in accordance with regulation 5 of these Regulations shall be deemed to have been deleted from the roll.

14. The provisions of the Advisory Council Election Regulations poatai voting,

relating to Postal Voting shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to an election	of non-official members of the Board, and for the purposes of the last-
mentioned election the form of application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper and the form of the postal vote certificate shall be in accordance with Forms 5 and 6 in the Schedule to the Advisory Council Election Regulations, except that the words—

" The Advisory Council Ordinance 1930."

appearing in the heading to those Forms shall be struck out and the

following words inserted in their stead:—•

"The Canberra Community Hospital Board Ordinance 1935.":

Provided that, where an election is held on the same day as an

Advisory Council Election under the Advisory Council Election
Regulations—

(a) an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot- paper in accordance with Form 5 in the Schedule to the Advisory Council Election Regulations shall, if the appli- cant is also entitled to vote at the election of the non- official Members of the Board, be deemed to include an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot- paper under these Regulations; and

(b) a postal vote certificate in accordance with Form 6 in the Schedule to the Advisory Council Election Regulations shall, if the person to whom it is issued is also entitled to vote at the election of the non-official members of the Board, be deemed to be a postal vote certificate under these Regulations.

Form of	15. The ballot-papers provided for the purposes of the election shall be
ballot-paper.	similar in form to those prescribed by Forms 7 and 8 of the Advisory Council Election Regulations except that the words—•

" The Advisory Council Ordinance 1930.

ELECTION OF T H R E E MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL."

appearing in the heading to those Forms shall be struck out and the

following words inserted in their stead:— '

" The Canberra Community Hospital Board Ordinance 1935.

ELECTION OF Two MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD."

Declaration by	16. The form of declaration to be made at the election by a person
person whoso	c ] a j m r n p- to vote, who declares that his name has been omitted from

name does not n • p *v» i /*

appear on the the roll owing to an error of an officer or a mistake of fact, shall, if the declarant is entitled to vote at the election, be similar in form to that prescribed by Form 9 of the Advisory Council Election Regulations except that the words—

" The Advisory Council Ordinance 1930."

appearing in the heading to that Fo rm shall be struck out aud the

following words inserted in their stead:—

"The Canberra Community Hospital Board Ordinance 1935.":
Provided that, where an election is held ou the same day as an

Advisory Council Election under the Advisory Council Election Regula- tions, a declaration in accordance with Form 9 in the Schedule to the Advisory Council Election Regulations shall, except in the case of a person resident in the Terri tory accepted in pursuance of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915, be deemed to include a declaration under this regulation.

scrutineers.	17,.—(l.) Scrutineers may be appointed by candidates to represent them at the polling but so that not more thau one scrutineer shall be allowed to each candidate at each polling booth.
(2.) Appointments of scrutineers shall be made by notice in writing or by telegram addressed to the Returning Officer or Presiding Officer and such notice or telegram shall be signed by the candidate and shall give the name and address of the scrutineer.
Application of	18. Except as otherwise provided iu these Regulations, the provisions
Advisory
Council	of the Advisory. Council Election Regulations relating to the functions
Election	of scrutineers, the preparation for and conduct of the polling and the
Regulations.	conduct of the scrutiny in connexion with an election of members of the Advisory Council shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to an election of the non-official members of the Board :
accepted by the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Jervis Bay

Provided that at the polling any person resident in the Terri tory

Territory Acceptance Act 1915 and whose name on the roll is marked in accordance with regulation 5 of these Regulations, shall not lie entitled to vote at that election.

Duties of

Returning	19. The Returning Officer shall, as soon as conveniently may be
Officer after	after the result of the election has been ascertained—•
result of
election has	(a) make out and sign a statement setting out the number of first preference votes counted for each candidate and the number of informal ballot-papers and, if any further count was made in order to determine the result of tbe election, the particulars of each such count;
been
ascertained.
(b) forward to the Minister a copy of the statement referred to

in the last preceding paragraph ;

(c) at the place of nomination publicly declare the result of the

election and the names of the candidates elected; and

(d) insert a notice in the Gazette setting out the names of the

candidates elected.

20. The Returning Officer shall preserve all the sealed parcels of

£xramoTntns,or ballot-papers for a period of six months when they shall be destroyed.

THE SCHEDULE.

FORM 1.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Tine TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

The Canberra Community Hospital Board Ordinance 193o.

ELECTION OK MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD.

To the Returning Officer—
I hereby direct you to cause election to be made of Two members of the Canberra Community Hospital Board to serve from and after the date of the notification of their election and I appoint the following dates for the purposes of the election:—

1. For nomination, the day of 1!)

2. For taking the poll in the event of the election being contested, the

day of 1'.)

Dated the day of If!

Minister of State for Health.

FORM "2.

Common wealth of Australia.

T U B TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

The Canberra Community Hospital Board Ordinance 1933.

FORM OF NOMINATION.

To the Returning Officer-—

We, the undersigned electors on the Roll of Electors for the Territory and entitled to vote at the election of members of the Canberra Community Hospital Board, do hereby nominate [here insert the Christian name or names in full, surname, place of residence and occupation of person nominated] as a norn- official member of the said Hospital Board.

Dated the day of 10

Signature of Nominator. Place of Living.

I, , of consent to the above

nomination, and to act, if elected, and declare tha t I am qualified under the Canberra- Community Hospital Board Ordinance 1035 to be elected as a non- official member of the said Board.

(Signature of Candidate).

Witness— Address— N.B.— The candidate's consent to the nomination and his declaration of

qualification may be on a separate paper and in any form, but if given on the

nomination paper in the above, form their sufficiency is not to be questioned.

at the election for which the candidate is nominated, and must be lodged with A nomination must be signed by not less than six persons entitled to vote	the Returning Ollicer after the date of the issue of the direction to hold the
election and before twelve o'clock noon on the day of nomination.

FORM 3.

Commonwealth of Australia.

T H E TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

The Canberra Community Hospital Hoard Ordinance 193y.

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL BY CANDIDATE OF CONSENT TO

NOMINATION.

To the Returning Officer—

I, [here insert Christian name, surname, place of residence and occupation} do hereby withdraw my consent to nomination as a non-official member of the Canberra Community Hospital Board.

Dated this day of , IB

[Personal signature of candidate]

Dated at [here insert place] the day of 19

Witness—

NOTE.—To be signed in the presence of the ollicer with whom the nomination

was lodged or of u Commissioner for Declarations.