Narromine Irrigation Board of Management (Election) By-law 1982 (1982-149) (NSW)

Narromine Irrigation Board of Management (Election) By-law 1982

The Narromine Irrigation Board of Management, in pursuance of the Private Irrigation Districts Act 1973, hereby makes the following By-law:

1 Name of By-law This By-law may be cited as the Narromine Irrigation Board of Management (Election) By-law 1982.

2 Definitions In this By-law: Board means the Board of Management for the District. District means the Narromine–Trangie Private Domestic and Stock Water Supply and Irrigation District as constituted by proclamation in Government Gazette No 19 of 23 January 1981. election means an election of the members of the Board under the Act, other than the first election of the members of the Board, and includes an election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of such a member under section 18 of the Act. the Act means the Private Irrigation Districts Act 1973.

3 Conduct of elections For the purposes of section 20 (1) of the Act, an election shall be held in accordance with this By-law.

4 Returning Officer The Board shall appoint a Returning Officer for an election.

5 Electoral roll The Returning Officer shall keep a roll of electors for the District: (a) containing the name and last known address of: (i) each sole owner of land which is being worked as a separate property within the District, and (ii) if there is more than one owner of any such land, such one of them as may, by notice in writing given to the Returning Officer, have been last nominated for the purposes of this subparagraph by all the owners of that land, and (b) showing the voting entitlement of each sole owner or nominee determined in accordance with section 20 (2) of the Act.

6 Times for nominations and voting (1) In the conduct of an election the following intervals shall be allowed: (a) between the publication of the notice of election and the time stated therein for the close of nominations—not less than 28 days, (b) between the despatch of voting papers and the day fixed for the election—not less than 14 days. (2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), the Returning Officer may allow such shorter intervals than are prescribed in that subclause as he considers necessary in order that an election be held on the day fixed for the election.