Industrial Board Regulations (ACT)
THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT.
EEGULATIONS U N D E E T H E INDUSTBIAL BOAED
ORDINANCE 1922-1925.
Pursuant to the powers conferred upon it by the Industrial Board
Ordinance 1922-1925, the Federal Capital Commisaion hpreby makes the following Regulations to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this second day of September, 1925.
The Common Seal of the Federal Capital Commission was hereto
duly affixed in the presence of—
(L.S.) C. S. DALEY, Acting Secretary to the Federal Capital Commission.
f INDUSTRIAL BOARD EEGULATIONS.
<I 1. These Eegulations may be cited as the Industrial Board Eegu- short title
lations.
2. In these Eegulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Definitions, "candida te" means a candidate for election;
" election " means the nomination by workmen of a person to bea member of the Board representative of the workmen,- and
, "elected" has a corresponding meaning; "nominat ion" means the nomination of a candidate;
" Eeturning Officer" means a returning officer appointed under
1925. \ these Eegulations and includes a Deputy Eeturning Officer;
" the Ordinance" means the Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-
Returning
| Officer and | 3. An election shall be conducted by a Returning Officer and such |
| Returning | |
| Deputy | Deputy Returning Officers as are appointed by the Commission. |
| Officers. | |
| nominations | |
| Dates for | 4. (1.) The Returning Officer shall, subject to the concurrence of |
| and elections. | the Commission— |
(a) fix the last date for the receipt of nominations (in these
Regulations referred to as " nomination d a y " ) ;
(b) fix the date for the taking of the poll (in these Regulations
referred to as " polling day " ) and the hours of polling;
Provided that the date fixed for polling day shall be not less than seven days nor more than fourteen days after nomination. day ; and
(c) appoint such polling places in the Terri tory a.s he deems
necessary.
(2.) The dates and hours fixed and the polling places appointed in pursuance of this regulation shall be notified, at least seven days before nomination day, in one issue of the Gazette and in one issue of a news- paper circulating in the Territory, and copies of the notices so published shall at the same time be posted conspicuously at the office of the Commission, and, as far as practicable, at all works where workmen are engaged.
| Iiat of voter*. | 5. (1.) The secretary of the Commission shall cause to be pre- pared and transmitted to the Returning Officer so as to reach him be- fore noon on nomination day a list (in duplicate) certified by him containing the names of all workmen who on that date are qualified to vote at the election and setting out the occupation of each workman. |
| (2.) The secretary of the Commission shall cause to be prepared and transmitted to the Returning Officer so as to reach him before 6 p.m. on the day preceding polling day a supplementary lis! (in duplicate), certified by the secretary, containing the names of all workmen who have become qualified to vote, and specifying those persons who have ceased to be workmen, since the list mentioned in the last preceding sub-regulation was prepared. | |
| (3.) The Returning Officer shall strike out from the list trans- mitted to him in pursuance of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation the names of those persons who are specified in the supplementary list as having ceased to be workmen since the preparation of the list mentioned in that sub-regulation, and the names (specified in the supple- mentary list) of all workmen who have become qualified 1o vote since the preparation of that list shall he deemed to have been added to the list. | |
| (4.) Where elections by all or any Uvo of the classes of workmen specified in sub-sections (8.) , (9.) and (11.) of section 3 of the Ordi- nance are to be held on the same day, the list and supplementary list of any one class shall be prepared separately from the list and supple- mentary list, respectively, of any other class of workmen. | |
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| (6.) Copies of the list transmitted to the Returning Officer in pur- suance of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be available for inspection by workmen seven days prior to the date of any election and shall be exhibited at Canberra. Eastlake, Westlake, Westridge, and i^folonglo Post Offices. | |
| Nomination?. | 6. (1.) Xominations shall be lodged with the Returning Officer, or a person thereto authorized by him, on or after the date of the noti- fication in the Gazette of nomination day and before noon on nomina- tion clay. |
(2.) -V nomination shall—
(a) name the candidate for election and shall specify his ad-
dress and occupation; and
(b) be signed by not less than ten workmen qualified to be voters in the election for which the candidate is nominated,
and shall be in accordance with F o r m A. in the Schedule to these
Regulations.(3.) A nomination shall not be valid unless the candidate has con- sented to the nomination and to act if elected.
(4.) Nominations shall be notified at least three days before poll- ing day in one issue of the Gazette and in one issue of a newspaper circulating in the Territory, and copies of the notices so published shall at the same time be posted conspicuously at the office of the Commis- sion and, as far as practicable, at all works where workmen are en-
7. (1.) I n the event of one candidate only being nominated he shall Proceedings
be the candidate elected. nomination. (2.) Where more than one candidate is nominated, the Returning Officer shall proceed to take a poll in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
8. The ballot-paper to be used at any poll taken in pursuance of J0,"110' a paper-
these Regulations shall be in accordance with Form B . in the Schedule to these Regulations and the voter shall record his vote in the man- ner set out therein.
9. (1.) Subject to these Regulations a workman shall not be en- Bight to vote,
titled to vote at an election unless his name is on the certified list of
voters.(2.) JSTo workman shall be entitled to vote more than once at any election or at more than one election held on the same day.
10. (1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, Vote of , v / J
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when any workman claims to vote at an election and his name has been name is not on
omitted from or struck out of the certified list of voters he may, sub- or'has'been' struck out of ject to the Ordinance and these Regulations, be permitted to vote if he certified list. makes, before the Returning Officer, a declaration in accordance with
Form C in the Schedule to these Regulations.(2.) Where a voter claims to vote under the provisions of this regu- lation he shall mark and fold his ballot-paper in the manner prescribed in these Regulations and return it so folded to the Returning Officer. (3.) The Returning Officer shall thereupon in the presence of the voter and of such scrutineers as are present, and without unfolding the ballot-paper, enclose it in an envelope bearing the declaration of the voter and shall forthwith securely fasten the envelope and deposit it in the ballot-box. (4.) Upon the opening of the ballot-box the Returning Officer shall, before opening the envelope, examine the declaration of the voter, and, if it is in order and he is satisfied after making such inquiry as may be necessary, that the voter is a person entitled to vote at the election, he shall correct the certified list of voters by adding, thereto the name of the voter and the other particulars relating to the voter specified" in the declaration and remove the ballot-paper from the envelope and place it for further scrutiny among the other ballot-papers unenclosed in envelopes in such a manner that it cannot be identified as the ballot- paper of the voter. (5.) Where the claim of any person to vote under this regulation
is refused, the Returning Officer shall make a note in writing of the
fact of the claim and the reasons for the refusal thereof, and shallsign it in the presence of such scrutineers as are present. Any of those scrutineers may also sign the note. (6.) The Returning Officer shall place in a sealed packet the en-
velopes from which ballot-papers are removed in pursuance of this regulation, and shall forward the packet to the Commission and it shall be retained by the Commission.
as nearly as practicable, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with the scnltin5"' 11. The polling and the scrutiny of ballot-papers shall be conducted poiimgand 23rovisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1924, and the regulations thereunder relating to the polling and the scrutiny at elec-
tions for members of the House of Representatives :Provided that the scrutiny of ballot-papers unenclosed in envelopes shall not be proceeded with until all the ballot-papers removed from en- velopes in pursuance of sub-regulation (4.) of regulation 10 of these Regulations have been placed among them:
Provided further that the candidate who has received an absolute majority of votes shall be the candidate elected:
Provided also that if on any count two or more candidates have ' an equal number of votes and one of them has to be excluded, or if in the final count two candidates have an equal number of votes, it shall be decided by lot, in such manner as the Returning Officer deter- mines, which candidate shall be excluded or nominated by the workmen, as the case requires.
| Notification | 12 The Returning Officer shall . forthwith after the conclusion of |
| of nominations | . | ° | . | - | . | . |
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| to Minister. | tile election declare the result of tne poll and notify the secretary of the Commission of the name address and occupation of the can- | |
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| scrutineers. | 13. (1.) Each candidate may appoint one scrutineer to represent |
him at polling places during the polling and at the scrutiny.
(2.) All the proceedings at the scrutiny shall be open to the inspec- tion of the scrutineers.
| Proof oi | 14. The certificate of the local representative at Canberra of an organization specified in the Fi rs t or Second Schedule to the Ordinance that a workman is a member of that organization shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be sufficient proof of the work- man's membership of the organization. |
| organization.0 |
Preservation of 15. The ballot-papers and envelopes used in connexion with an
and°cnveFopos. election shall be retained by the Commission in sealed and endorsed parcels for one month after the declaration of the poll when they shall be destroyed.
F o r m A.
C O M M O N W E A L T H O F A U S T R A L I A .
T E R R I T O R Y F O R T H E S E A T O F G O V E R N M E N T .
.Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1925.
N O M I N A T I O N OF A M E M B E R O F T H E I N D U S T R I A L B O A R D BY T H E W O R K M E N
REFERRED TO IN S T J B - S E C T I O N OF SECTION 3 OF THE ORDINANCE.
To t h e R e t u r n i n g "Officer.
W E , t h e u n d e r s i g n e d w o r k m e n qiialifled t o b e v o t e r s i n t h e E lec t ion of a
M e m b e r of t h e I n d u s t r i a l B o a r d b e i n g t h e w o r k m e n r e f e r r e d t o in sub-sect ion of sec t ion 3 of t h e Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1925, do h e r e b y n o m i n a t e (»).
a s a m e m b e r of t h e sa id Board .
D a t e d t h i s d a y of , 19 .
Organization of which Nominator
Signature of Nominator. Place of Living. is a Member.
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consen t t o t h e above n o m i n a t i o n , a n d t o a c t if e lected.
•• S i g n a t u r e of C a n d i d a t e
W i t n e s s
A d d r e s s
NOTE.—(a) Here insert the Christian name or names in full, surname, place of residence, and occu-
pation of person nominated.
N.B.— The candidate's consent to the nomination 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.
A nomination must be signed by not less than ten persons entitled to vote at the election for which
the candidate is nominated.
Form B.
Ballot-Paper.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1025. .
Election of One Member of the Industrial Board bv the'workmen referred to in sub-section
of section 3 of.the Ordinance.
The elector shall mark bis vote on this ballot-paper by placing the number 1
in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes as hisfirst preference; and must give contingent votes for all the remaining candidates
opposite their names, so as to indicate the order of his1 preference for them. by placing the numbers 2, 3, 4 (and so on, as the case requires) in' the squares CANDIDATES.
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Form C.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, i Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1925.
Form of Declaration to be used a t the Polling by a person claiming to vote under the provisions of Regulation 10 of the Industr ial Board Regulations made under the Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1925, who declares tha t his name has been omitted from, or struck out of, the Certified List of Voters.
I, (a) .of W (n) Kame in full. (b) Address in full. (c) declare— (c) Occupation. *That l a m a member of (<0
(d) Organization of which declarant is a member.
*Thafj I am not a member of any of the organizations specified in the First
and Second Schedules to the Ordinance. a t .
That I am entitled to vote a t the election on the day of 19 , of a Member of the Industrial Board by the
workmen referred to in sub-section of section 3 of the Industrial Board Ordinance 1922-1925.
That to the best of my knowledge and belief my name has been struck out of, or omitted from, the Certified List of Voters prepared for the purposes of tha t election.
Personal Signature of Voter.
Signed before me the day of 19 . . . . , a t
polling place.
.Returning Officer
Strike out whichever is inapplicable.
Printed and Published for the GOVERNMENT of the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA
by H. J . GREEN, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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