Industrial Relations (Union Elections) Regulations 1980 (WA)

Western Australia Industrial Relations Act 1979 1 Industrial Relations (Union Elections) Regulations 1980 Western Australia Industrial Relations (Union Elections) Regulations 1980 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Time for requesting conduct of election 1 4. Appeals to Full Bench 1 5. Preliminary powers of returning officer 1 6. Times for nomination 1 7. Notice inviting nominations 1 8. Signature of nomination 1 9. Declaration of election where one candidate nominated 1 10. Duty of returning office where no nomination 1 11. Commencement and close of ballot 1 12. Electoral roll 1 13. Receipt of ballot papers 1 14. Form of ballot paper 1 15. Issue of ballot papers 1 16. Issue of duplicate ballot paper or return envelope 1 17. Ballot boxes 1 18. Scrutineers 1 19. Duties of returning officer 1 20. Declaration of result 1 21. Preservation of ballot papers 1 22. Exemption from section 57 1 Schedule Notes Compilation table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Industrial Relations Act 1979 1 Industrial Relations (Union Elections) Regulations 1980

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Industrial Relations (Union Elections) Regulations 1980. [Regulation 1 amended: SL 2024/168 r. 4.]

2. Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears — regulation means a regulation of these regulations; subregulation means a subregulation of the regulation in which the term is used; the Act means the Industrial Relations Act 1979 1; union includes a branch, section or other division of a union.

3. Time for requesting conduct of election A request for the conduct of an election under section 69 of the Act shall be made not less than one month before the commencement of the period for lodging nominations of candidates for election for an office in a union or association, but the Registrar may accept a request made less than one month before the commencement of such period if he is satisfied that it is practicable for the election to be conducted under section 69 of the Act in pursuance of the request and a request so accepted shall be deemed to have been made in due time.