Milk Board (Elections) Regulations, 1967.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Milk Boards (Elections) Regulations, 1967.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Act, 1936 (No. 43 of 1936);
"board" means a board established under section 8 of the Act;
"election" means an election of a particular class of ordinary members of a board held in pursuance of section 12 of the Act.
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paragraphs: Whenever a day on which anything is required by these Regulations to be done falls on a Sunday or bank holiday, such thing shall be done on the next preceding day which is neither a Sunday nor a public holiday.
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paragraphs: Whenever an election is held, the Chairman of the board to which the election relates shall be the returning officer for the purposes of the election, and references in these Regulations to the returning officer shall be construed accordingly.
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paragraphs: For the purposes of an election, the following provisions shall have effect—
(a) the latest day for giving notice of the election shall be the day which is twenty-eight clear days before the day (in this Regulation referred to as the day of election) which is in relation to the election the election day, within the meaning of section 11 of the Act;
(b) the latest day and hour for receiving nomination papers shall be 4 p.m. on the day which is nineteen clear days before the day of election;
(c) the latest day and hour for the withdrawal of candidates shall be twelve noon on the day which is eighteen clear days before the day of election;
(d) the poll shall close at 9 p.m. on the day of election.
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paragraphs: (1) for the purposes of the preparation of a list of persons who are entitled to Vote at an election the following provisions shall have effect—
(a) the returning officer shall, not later than twenty-eight clear days before the day which is in relation to the election the election day, cause to be prepared a list (in this Regulation referred to as the electoral roll) of persons who are entitled to vote at the election;
(b) the electoral roll shall contain the name of each such person and his address which shall be the premises in respect of which he is registered in—
(i) in case the ordinary members to be elected are producer members—the register of producers,
(ii) in case the ordinary members to be elected are retailer members—the register of retailers,
(iii) in case the ordinary members to be elected are wholesaler members—the register of wholesalers, kept by the board to which the election relates;
(c) where a person entitled to vote at an election is registered in respect of more than one premises in a particular register, the name of such person shall be entered once only in the electoral roll, and his address shall be such one of the premises in respect of which he is so registered as the returning officer may determine;
(d) the names shall be arranged in such order as the returning officer may find convenient and shall be numbered consecutively;
(e) the electoral roll may after its completion be inspected by any person whose name is entered therein, or any other person authorised by such first-mentioned person, at the offices of the board to which the election relates during office hours and shall be kept open for such inspection until after the declaration of the result of the election;
(f) the returning officer shall, at the request of any person whose name is entered on the electoral roll, supply free of charge to such person one copy of the electoral roll.
(2) In these Regulations "elector" when used in relation to an election means a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll prepared under this regulation for the purposes of the election.
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paragraphs: Notice of an election shall be in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto, and shall be published by the returning officer not later than the latest date for giving notice of the election by advertisement in at least one daily newspaper circulating in the joint district of the board to which the election relates.
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paragraphs: The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the nomination of candidates at an election—