Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961 (Nominations and Ballots) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961 (Nominations and Ballots) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.
(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961 (Nominations and Ballots) Regulations, 1961 and 1969.
2 Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961 (Nominations and Ballots) Regulations, 1961 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1961 ).
3 Poll in the case of ballot under section 10 of the Act.
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paragraphs: (1) A ballot under section 10 of the Act shall be in the form of a poll taken in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) The returning officer shall appoint a polling day and shall fix the hours for the opening and closing of the poll on that day.
4 Amendment of Regulation 5 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (3) of " and its subsidiaries " for " the Condensed Milk Company of Ireland (1928) Limited and the Newmarket Dairy Company (1932), Limited ".
5 Amendment of Regulation 13 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 13 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (1) of " , shall be signed by the chairman or secretary of the society and by the proposer and seconder of the resolution embodying the society's vote " before " and shall be scaled ".
6 Amendment of Regulation 14 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended 'by the insertion of " in relation to a ballot under section 9 of the Act " before " shall ".
7 Amendment of Regulation 15 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (1) of " in relation to a ballot under section 9 of the Act," before " on " and of " registered " before " post ".
8 Amendment of Regulation 16 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (2) of " by a society " before " duly completed to the returning officer ".
9 Amendment of Regulation 17 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows :
(a) in paragraph (2) " and either hand the envelope personally to the returning officer or have it transmitted to him by prepaid registered post " shall be substituted for " to have affixed thereto the appropriate postage stamp and to have the envelope placed in the post ",
(b) in paragraph (3) " in the case of a ballot under section 9 of the Act " shall be inserted before " the latest time and day ".
10 Amendment of Regulation 18 of Principal Regulations.
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paragraphs: Regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows :
(a) in paragraph (1), " in relation to a ballot under section 9 of the Act or after all ballot boxes have been received by the returning officer in the case of a ballot under section 10 of the Act (whichever last occurs) " shall be added at the end of the paragraph,
(b) in paragraph (2) " (where requisite) " shall be inserted before " has not been duly made ",
(c) the following paragraphs shall be added to the Regulation :
" (6) Not less than ten days before the day on which the votes cast are being counted by the returning officer, the returning officer shall send by post to every candidate at his address, as stated in the nomination paper, notice in writing of the day on which and the time and place at which the scrutiny of the ballot papers and declarations of identity and the counting of votes will take place.
(7) The following (and no other) persons may be present at the scrutiny and counting of the votes, namely, the returning officer and his assistants and the candidates."