Local Government Regulations 1994
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Local Government Act 1993 .
14 February 1994P. H. BENNETT
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
T. JOHN CLEARY
Minister for Local Government
PART 1 - Preliminary
These regulations may be cited as the Local Government Regulations 1994 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations –Act means the Local Government Act 1993 ;application means an application made under section 304 of the Local Government Act 1993 ;election dispute means a dispute in relation to the result of an election held under the Act;[Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] [Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000][Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] first meeting means a council meeting at which an election is to be held under section 43A or section 44 of the Act;[Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994][Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] [Regulation 3 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] nominating period means the period beginning at 9.00 a.m. on the fourth business day before the meeting of the council at which the elections of a mayor or deputy mayor are to be held and ending at noon on the last business day before that meeting;proceedings means proceedings relating to the hearing of an election dispute;Registrar means the Registrar of the Supreme Court;Rules of Court means Rules of Court referred to in regulation 16 .
PART 2 - Elections and polls
Division 1 - Election of mayor and deputy mayor by councillors
4. Nominations for mayor and deputy mayor
(1) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] Before the nominating period, the general manager is to issue to all councillors –(a) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] a notice of an election for mayor or deputy mayor; and(b) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] nomination forms for the election.(2) The general manager is not to release the names or details of any councillor who has nominated until the end of the nominating period.(3) At the end of the nominating period the general manager is to inform each councillor –(a) of the nominations received; and(b) whether a ballot is required.(4) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (4) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] [Regulation 4 Subregulation (4) substituted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] If a ballot is not required, the general manager is to declare the nominee elected to the office of mayor or deputy mayor at the beginning of the first meeting.(5) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (5) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] [Regulation 4 Subregulation (5) substituted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] If a nomination is not received for the office of mayor or deputy mayor, the general manager is to invite nominations for that position at the first meeting.(6) [Regulation 4 Subregulation (6) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] [Regulation 4 Subregulation (6) substituted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] If a nomination is not received after the invitation, the council is to appoint a councillor to act in the vacant office.
[Regulation 5 Subregulation (8A) inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] [Regulation 5 Substituted by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996] [Regulation 5 Substituted by S.R. 1996, No. 122, Applied:06 Sep 1996][Regulation 6 Rescinded by S.R. 1996, No. 122, Applied:06 Sep 1996] . . . . . . . .(1) If there are 2 or more candidates for the office of mayor or deputy mayor, a ballot is to be conducted in accordance with this regulation.(2) Voting is to be carried out at a meeting of the council by secret ballot.(3) A councillor who is to be a candidate may appoint a person who is not a councillor as a scrutineer by notifying the general manager, in writing, of that appointment before the ballot commences.(4) The councillors present at the meeting are to appoint a councillor who is not a candidate to preside at the ballot.(5) The presiding officer may vote as a councillor.(6) Each councillor present at the meeting, whether a candidate or not, is to be given a ballot-paper on which are printed in alphabetical order the names of all the candidates.(7) Each councillor is to vote for one candidate by striking through the names of the other candidates for whom the councillor does not intend to vote.(8) If the names of more than 2 candidates appear on the ballot-paper and no candidate receives a majority of votes –(a) the name of the candidate who receives the smallest number of votes is to be excluded as a candidate; and(b) new ballot-papers, which have the names of the continuing candidates printed on them in alphabetical order, are to be prepared; and(c) one of those new ballot-papers is to be given to each councillor present at the meeting, whether a candidate or not; and(d) voting is to take place in accordance with subregulation (7) .(9) The process specified in subregulation (8) is to be repeated until one candidate receives a majority of votes.(10) The counting of votes may be conducted in a room other than the council meeting room.(11) A person appointed as a scrutineer is entitled to be present at the count.(12) On any count with more than 2 continuing candidates, if 2 or more candidates receive an equal number of votes and that number is the smallest number for the purposes of subregulation (8) , the candidate to be excluded is the candidate whose name is first drawn on a drawing or casting of lots under regulation 21 .(13) If there are only 2 continuing candidates in a count and each receives an equal number of votes, a new ballot is to be conducted.(14) If a ballot conducted under subregulation (13) results in an equal number of votes for each continuing candidate, the successful candidate is the candidate whose name is first drawn on a drawing or casting of lots under regulation 21 .(15) Except as provided in subregulation (14) , the successful candidate is the candidate with a majority of votes.(16) For the purposes of this regulation, a candidate receives a majority of votes if he or she receives a number of votes which is greater than one-half of the total number of councillors present.
Division 2 - Election disputes
(1) The Supreme Court may allow a person to appear and be heard, or to be represented, in proceedings relating to an election dispute.(2) A party may only be represented by one person.(3) The Chief Electoral Officer is entitled to enter an appearance and be heard in any proceedings relating to an election dispute.(4) The Chief Electoral Officer is a party in the proceedings if –(a) the Chief Electoral Officer enters an appearance under subregulation (3) ; or(b) the dispute involves the conduct of an electoral officer.
8. Applications in respect of election dispute
(1) The Registrar is to make out a list of applications in relation to an election dispute, placing them in the order in which they were made.(2) Proceedings in respect of the same election are to be heard in the same hearing.(3) The Registrar is to –(a) keep a copy of the list of applications; and(b) make it available for inspection in accordance with the Rules of Court.(4) Subject to subregulation (2) , applications are to be heard in the order in which they appear in the list.
(1) Notice of the time and place for the hearing of an election dispute is to be given at least 7 days before the day of the hearing in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Court.(2) A hearing is to be in open court without a jury.(3) The Supreme Court may adjourn the hearing of an election dispute from time to time, but the hearing, so far as is reasonably practicable, is to be continued from day to day until its conclusion.(4) A hearing in relation to the election of a councillor is to proceed despite the subsequent resignation of the councillor.(5) The Supreme Court may –(a) inquire into the identity of electors; and(b) inquire whether or not their votes were properly admitted or rejected for the purposes of an election.(6) The Supreme Court may not inquire into the correctness of the electoral roll.(7) The Supreme Court is to be guided by the substantial merits and good conscience of the case without regard to –(a) any legal forms or technicalities; or(b) whether the evidence before the Court is in accordance with the law of evidence or not.
(1) A party in proceedings may give evidence to prove that a person was not duly elected.(2) If it appears that there is an equality of votes between any candidates at an election and that the addition of a vote would entitle any of those candidates to be elected, the Supreme Court is to –(a) decide between the candidates by lots; and(b) proceed as if the candidate on whom the lot then falls had received an additional vote.(3) The Supreme Court may not receive evidence to the effect that a witness was not permitted to vote at the election concerned unless the witness satisfies the Court that –(a) he or she was entitled to vote under the Act; and(b) in so far as the witness was permitted to do so, he or she complied with the requirements of the Act relating to voting by electors.
(1) A person summoned as a witness at any hearing of an election dispute proceedings is not excused from answering a question relating to an offence alleged to have been committed at, or in connection with, an election –(a) on the ground that the answer to the question may incriminate or tend to incriminate that person or the spouse of that person; or(b) on the ground of privilege.(2) An answer by a witness to a question put by or before the Supreme Court in any proceedings is not admissible in evidence in any other legal proceeding, except in the case of a criminal proceeding for perjury.
A person attending the Supreme Court to give evidence in any proceedings is entitled to reasonable expenses according to the scale applicable in respect of witnesses attending the trial of an action before the Supreme Court.
(1) At the conclusion of the hearing of an application in respect of an election dispute, the Supreme Court may make any one or more of the following orders:(a) dismissing the application, in whole or in part;(b) declaring that any person who was returned as elected at an election was not duly elected on the date on which the election was held;(c) declaring as duly elected any candidate for election who was not returned at the election;(d) declaring an election in respect of a municipal area or electoral district, to be void on the date on which it was purported to have been held.(2) If the Supreme Court makes an order under subregulation (1)(b) that a person was not duly elected, it is to declare, in the same order, that the office of councillor for which the person was not so elected is vacant.(3) If the Supreme Court makes an order under subregulation (1)(d) declaring that an election in respect of any municipal area or electoral district is void, the election must be regarded as having wholly failed in that municipal area or electoral district.(4) A certified copy of the order is to be given to the Chief Electoral Officer.(5) The Chief Electoral Officer is to advise the Minister and the relevant council of the order.
(1) The Supreme Court is not to declare an election void under regulation 13(1)(d) because of –(a) a delay in the taking of the votes of electors or in the making of a certificate of election if the delay did not affect the result of the election; or(b) the absence of, or an error or omission by, an electoral officer which did not affect the result of the election.(2) If an elector was prevented from voting at an election because of the absence of, or an error or omission by, an electoral officer, the Supreme Court may not admit evidence of the way in which the elector intended to vote in order to determine whether or not the absence of, or error or omission by, the electoral officer affected the result of the election.
(1) The Supreme Court may –(a) award costs against an unsuccessful party to the proceedings; and(b) recommend that costs, or a specified part of them, be paid by the council.(2) Costs awarded in proceedings are recoverable and enforceable in the same way and to the same extent as costs awarded in an action before the Supreme Court.
(1) Rules of Court may be made under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 for the purposes of this Part.(2) If no Rules of Court are made under subregulation (1) , the practice and procedure with respect to proceedings under this Part are to be directed by the Supreme Court.
Division 3 - Drawing or casting of lots
(1) [Regulation 17 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996] For the purpose of section 46 of the Act, the order of names of all the candidates elected under that section is to be determined in accordance with regulation 21 .(2) [Regulation 17 Subregulation (2) amended by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996] The term of office of each candidate elected under section 46 of the Act is determined according to the position of the candidate or candidates on the list prepared under regulation 21 with the longer term or terms being given to the candidate or candidates at the top of the list.
18. Order of names on batch of ballot papers
[Regulation 18 Substituted by S.R. 1999, No. 2, Applied:04 Feb 1999] For the purpose of section 288(2) of the Act, the order in which the names of the candidates are to be printed on each batch of ballot papers is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 3 .[Regulation 19 Rescinded by S.R. 1999, No. 2, Applied:04 Feb 1999] . . . . . . . .
For the purpose of clauses 5 and 15 of Schedule 7 to the Act, the order in which a candidate is to be excluded is to be determined in accordance with regulation 21 .
21. Procedure for drawing or casting lots
[Regulation 21 Substituted by S.R. 1996, No. 122, Applied:06 Sep 1996](1) To draw or cast lots, a returning officer is to –(a) make out, in respect of each candidate to be included in the draw, a slip bearing that candidate's name; and(b) place each of the slips in a separate identical hollow opaque sphere; and(c) place the spheres in a container sufficiently large to allow those spheres to move about freely when shaken or rotated; and(d) shake or rotate the container and permit any other person present who wishes to do so to shake or rotate the container; and(e) take out of the container and open one of the spheres to obtain the enclosed slip; and(f) record the name of the candidate which appeared on that slip; and(g) repeat the process specified in paragraphs (d) , (e) and (f) until all spheres have been removed from the container.(2) The names of the candidates are to be recorded, for the purposes of subregulation (1)(f) and (g) , in the order in which they were taken out of the container.
Division 4 - Miscellaneous[Regulation 22 Rescinded by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] . . . . . . . .
[Regulation 23 Substituted by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996][Regulation 24 Rescinded by S.R. 1999, No. 2, Applied:04 Feb 1999] . . . . . . . . [Regulation 25 Rescinded by S.R. 1999, No. 2, Applied:04 Feb 1999] . . . . . . . .(1) A person must not publicly display a poster or sign in relation to the election of a candidate without the written authority of that candidate.(2) A person must not publicly display a poster or sign or a group of posters or signs containing electoral advertising relating to the election of a candidate if –(a) the poster or sign exceeds 3 square metres; or(b) the group of posters or signs in total exceed 3 square metres.(3) A poster or sign forms part of a group of posters or signs if it is located within 10 metres of another poster or sign.(4) A candidate must not display or permit to be displayed posters or signs containing electoral advertising relating to the election of that candidate exceeding a total number of 50, whether or not the posters or signs contain electoral advertising relating to the election of another candidate.(5) A person must not purchase advertising time on television or radio in relation to the election of a candidate without the written authority of that candidate.(6) A candidate must not purchase or permit to be purchased advertising time on television or radio in relation to the election of the candidate if the advertising time during the relevant period is likely to exceed –(a) 10 minutes on television; or(b) 50 minutes on radio.(7) A person must not purchase advertising space in relation to the election of a candidate without the written authority of that candidate.(8) A candidate must not purchase or permit to be purchased advertising space in relation to the election of the candidate if the advertising space, during the relevant period is likely to exceed a total of –(a) 2 pages of advertising in a daily newspaper circulating in the municipal area; or(b) 5 pages in any other newspaper circulating in the State.(9) The total expenditure for the purchase of advertising time or space by or on behalf of a candidate must not –(a) in respect of a single election, exceed a total amount of $5 000; and(b) in respect of an election for a councillor and an election for a mayor or deputy mayor, exceed a total amount of $8 000.(10) [Regulation 23 Subregulation (10) substituted by S.R. 1996, No. 122, Applied:01 Dec 1996] A candidate is taken to have incurred the total time and space of, and expenditure involved in, electoral advertising which promotes that candidate irrespective of whether or not that electoral advertising also promotes another candidate.
PART 3 - Forms, allowances and fees
Division 1 - Forms
[Regulation 26 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] For the purposes of sections 8(2) , 58(1) and 103(1) of the Act, a petition is to be in accordance with Form 1 of Schedule 1 .[Regulation 27 Rescinded by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] . . . . . . . .
(1) For the purposes of section 321 of the Act, the declaration of office is to be in accordance with Form 4 in Schedule 1 .(2) A councillor is to read aloud the declaration in the presence of the general manager and sign the declaration.(3) The general manager is to sign the declaration as witness.
Division 2 - Allowances and fees
29. Allowances for elected members
(1) [Regulation 29 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] [Regulation 29 Subregulation (1) substituted by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] The annual allowances payable to a mayor, deputy mayor or councillor are as follows:
No. of electors in municipal area
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Councillor
up to and including 5 000
$11 800
$5 400
$4 700
more than 5 000 and up to and including 10 000
$17 700
$6 800
$5 800
more than 10 000 and up to and including 15 000
$23 600
$8 200
$7 000
more than 15 000 and up to and including 20 000
$36 600
$10 000
$8 200
more than 20 000
$49 600
$11 800
$9 400
(2) An allowance payable to a mayor or deputy mayor is additional to the allowance payable to a councillor.
The fees specified in Schedule 2 are the fees payable in respect of the matters mentioned in that Schedule.
PART 4 - Miscellaneous[Part 4 Inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 85, Applied:23 Jun 1994]
[Regulation 31 Substituted by S.R. 1994, No. 85, Applied:23 Jun 1994] [Regulation 31 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 125, Applied:31 Aug 1994] [Regulation 31 Substituted by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996] [Regulation 31 Substituted by S.R. 1999, No. 69, Applied:30 Jun 1999] The following are prescribed services for the purposes of section 93 of the Act:(a) an on-site disposal system for which a permit is issued under section 51 of the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 ;(b) a community medical service.
[Regulation 32 Inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 100, Applied:30 Jun 1994] [Regulation 32 Rescinded by S.R. 1995, No. 178, Applied:01 Jan 1996] [Regulation 32 Inserted by S.R. 1999, No. 160, Applied:22 Dec 1999] [Regulation 32 Substituted by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000](1) The council is to prepare an annual report.(2) An annual report is to include –(a) a statement reporting on the council's plans in relation to water supplied by it for domestic consumption; and(b) sufficient financial information to demonstrate that it is applying the pricing guidelines in relation to water supplied by it for domestic consumption as specified in the Urban Water Pricing Guidelines (October 1999) issued by the Government Prices Oversight Commission.
[Regulation 33 Inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] A council may acquire land under section 176 of the Act for the following purposes:(a) the establishment of, or extension to, its public offices;(b) the establishment of, or extension to, a works depot, pound, plant nursery or child care centre;(c) the establishment of, or extension to, public land;(d) the establishment of a highway or local highway, as defined by section 3 of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 ;(e) the establishment of, and access to –(i) a water storage reticulation or treatment facility or system; and(ii) a stormwater reticulation pump station or handling facility or system; and(iii) a sewage reticulation or treatment facility or system; and(iv) a waste management facility, waste disposal site or waste transfer station;(f) the establishment and operation of a quarry for the extraction, processing and storage of rock, crushed rock, gravel or sand for council works.
34. Plan of boundaries of towns
[Regulation 34 Inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994](1) A council is to lodge a plan with the Central Plan Register of any plan of the boundaries of any town or proposed town.(2) In this regulation,Central Plan Register means the register established under the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 in respect of plans.
[Regulation 35 Inserted by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994](1) The council is to invite tenders referred to in section 346 of the Act by publishing at least once a notice in a newspaper circulating in the municipal area specifying –(a) the nature of the goods or services it requires; and(b) [Regulation 35 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] any identification details allocated to the contract; and(c) where the tender is to be lodged; and(d) the period within which the tender is to be lodged.(2) The period for responding to an invitation to tender must be at least 7 days after the date on which the notice is published.(3) A person making a tender must –(a) do so in writing; and(b) specify the goods or services tendered for; and(c) [Regulation 35 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] specify the identification details allocated to the contract; and(d) lodge the tender in the manner and within the period specified in the notice.(4) [Regulation 35 Subregulation (4) inserted by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000] For the purpose of section 346(1) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $55 000.
[Regulation 36 Inserted by S.R. 2002, No. 183, Applied:25 Dec 2002] For the purposes of clause 5 of Schedule 4 to the Act, the following newspapers are prescribed newspapers:(a) the "King Island Courier" for the municipal area of King Island;(b) the "Island News" for the municipal area of Flinders.
SCHEDULE 1 - Forms
Form 1 - Petitions[Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000]
Form 4[Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994]
SCHEDULE 2 - Fees[Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 1994, No. 181, Applied:07 Dec 1994] [Schedule 2 Amended by S.R. 2000, No. 189, Applied:08 Nov 2000]
1. | Application for council certificate under section 337 of the Act | $50 | 2. | Application for a certificate of liabilities under section 132 of the Act | $15 | 3. | Copy of extract from the agenda of a meeting of a council | $2 plus 20¢ each page | 4. | Inspection of the minutes of a meeting of a council | $2 | 5. | Copy of extract from the minutes of a meeting of a council | $2 plus 20¢ each page | 6. | Copy of the annual report of a council | $2 |
SCHEDULE 3 - Order of names on batch of ballot papers[Schedule 3 Rescinded by S.R. 1994, No. 85, Applied:23 Jun 1994] [Schedule 3 Inserted by S.R. 1999, No. 2, Applied:04 Feb 1999]
1. InterpretationIn this Schedule –batch means a group of ballot papers on which the names of candidates appear in the same order;column, in relation to a ballot paper, means the single vertical column in which the names of candidates are to appear on the ballot paper;favoured position means a favoured position within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Act 1985 ;matrix column means a vertical column in a matrix;matrix row means a horizontal row in a matrix.
2. Batch of ballot papers(1) The number of ballot papers in each batch, as far as is practicable, is to be the same.(2) The number of batches is to be equal to the number of candidates.
3. Favoured position(1) In relation to each candidate, there is to be printed, in respect of each favoured position, a batch of ballot papers on which the name of that candidate appears in that favoured position.(2) If there are 6 or more candidates, the name of a candidate is not to appear immediately above the name of a particular candidate on more than one batch of ballot papers if the names of both candidates would be in favoured positions.
4. Matrices(1) There is to be a matrix corresponding to each number of candidates.(2) The purpose of each matrix is to determine the order of names on each batch of ballot papers.(3) The number of matrix columns and matrix rows are to be the same as the corresponding number of candidates.(4) Each matrix is to comprise letters, each of which represents the name of a particular candidate.(5) The names of the candidates, in the order in which they are drawn in accordance with regulation 21, are to be represented by the letters A, B, C and so on in alphabetical order.(6) The order in which the names of candidates is to be printed on the batches of ballot papers is to be in accordance with the particular matrix for that number of candidates.
5. Matrix column(1) The first matrix column is to be in alphabetical order starting with A.(2) The names on the first batch of ballot papers are to be printed in the order represented by the first matrix column.(3) The names on the second batch of ballot papers are to be printed in the order represented by the second matrix column, and so on.
6. Matrices for 12 or fewer candidatesIf the number of candidates is 12 or less, the matrices are as set out in Schedule 2 to the Electoral Regulations 1985 .
7. Matrices for more than 12 candidates(1) If the number of candidates is more than 12 but less than 31, the Chief Electoral Officer is to prepare matrices as follows:(a) the first matrix row is to contain a sequence of letters as set out in subclause (2) ;(b) the second matrix row is to contain the same sequence of letters commencing with the letter B, continuing to the end of the sequence and then continuing from the start of the sequence to the letter immediately before B;(c) the third matrix row is to contain the same sequence of letters commencing with the letter C, continuing to the end of the sequence and then continuing from the start of the sequence to the letter immediately before C;(d) the subsequent matrix rows are to contain a sequence of letters following the patterns specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) .(2) The sequence of letters in the first matrix row is as follows:(a) if there are 13 candidates, A B K C G F D L J I E M H;(b) if there are 14 candidates, A B L C G F D M J K E I H N;(c) if there are 15 candidates, A B M C G F D N L H E K J O I;(d) if there are 16 candidates, A B N C G F D O L J E M H P K I;(e) if there are 17 candidates, A B O C G F D P M J E K H Q I N L;(f) if there are 18 candidates, A B P C I H D Q G L E N M R J K O F;(g) if there are 19 candidates, A B Q C I H D R G P E N M S J K O F L;(h) if there are 20 candidates, A B R C O G D S N Q E J M T L I K F H P;(i) if there are 21 candidates, A B S C O G D T N R E L M U H J I F P Q K;(j) if there are 22 candidates, A B T C O G D U N S E P L V H J I F Q R K M;(k) if there are 23 candidates, A B U C O G D V N T E L I W H J Q F R S K P M;(l) if there are 24 candidates, A B V C O G D W N U E J I X H M K F S T R L Q P;(m) if there are 25 candidates, A B W C O G D X N V E J I Y H M K F T U S L Q R P;(n) if there are 26 candidates, A B X C O G D Y N W E J I Z H M K F U V T L P Q S R;(o) if there are 27 candidates, A B Y C O G D Z N X E J I AA H M L F V W U P Q T K R S;(p) if there are 28 candidates, A B Z C O G D AA P Y E J I AB H U L F W X V S N R K Q M T;(q) if there are 29 candidates, A B AA C O G D AB P Z E J I AC H R L F X Y W Q N S K T M U V;(r) if there are 30 candidates, A B AB C O G D AC P AA E J I AD H Q L F Y Z X R N V K W M T S U.(3) If the number of candidates is 31 or more, the Chief Electoral Officer is to prepare matrices taking into account the provisions of these regulations.
8. Collation of ballot papers(1) Ballot papers are to be collated so that a ballot paper from batch 1 is followed by a ballot paper from batch 2, then a ballot paper from batch 3 and so on up to a ballot paper from the last batch, to be followed by a ballot paper from batch 1, batch 2 and so on until the collation is complete.(2) Ballot papers are to be inserted into envelopes in the order as collated for sending or delivering or providing in person to an elector under section 284 or 286 of the Act.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 23 February 1994
These regulations are administered in the Department of Environment and Land Management.