Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Election of Staff-elected Director) Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Election of Staff‑elected Director) Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 13 December 2023

David Hurley Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Michelle Rowland Minister for Communications

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules 5 Purpose of this instrument 6 Simplified outline of this instrument 7 Definitions Part 2—Notice and method of election 8 Notice of election 9 AEC generally to conduct elections 10 Method of election Part 3—Returning officer and roll of voters 11 Appointment of returning officer 12 Powers and functions of returning officer 13 Eligible voters 14 Roll of voters to be prepared and forwarded 15 Returning officer may request further information 16 Provision of eligible voter's details on roll of voters 17 Notification of alternate address 18 Alteration of roll Part 4—Nominations and candidates' statements 19 Notice of invitation for nominations 20 Lodgement of nominations 21 Candidates' statements 22 Acceptance of nominations 23 Withdrawal of nominations 24 Procedure on closure of nominations Part 5—Ballot 25 Opening and closing of ballot 26 Ballot papers 27 Printing and distribution of election material 28 Replacement election material 29 Receipt of completed ballot papers Part 6—Counting and scrutiny of ballot papers 30 Appointment of scrutineers 31 Conduct of scrutineers 32 Preliminary scrutiny of declaration envelopes 33 Counting of ballot papers 34 Objections to ballot papers 35 Declaration of results Part 7—Disputes and irregularities 36 Dispute committee 37 Application to dispute election 38 Inquiry by dispute committee 39 Report on dispute committee's decision 40 Effect of dispute committee's decision 41 Irregularities in conduct of election Part 8—Application, saving and transitional provisions 42 Saving provision Schedule 1—Repeals Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Election of Staff‑elected Director) Regulation 2012