Electricity Supply Board (Appointment of Member of Tribunal) (General Employees) Regulations, 1949.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Supply Board (Appointment of Member of Tribunal) (General Employees) Regulations, 1949.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Industry and Commerce,
the expression " the Board " means the Electricity Supply Board,
the word " election " means an election under these Regulations of either a member of the Tribunal to be nominated and appointed by the persons for the time being in the employment of the Board who are general employees or a person to be similarly nominated and appointed to act temporarily in the place of any such member,
the expression " the returning officer " means the person appointed under these Regulations to be the returning officer at the election in relation to which the expression is used.
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paragraphs: For the purposes of these Regulations it shall be deemed to be necessary to hold an election—
(a) as soon as conveniently may be after the making of these Regulations, for the purpose of electing the person to be the member of the Tribunal to be nominated and appointed by the persons for the time being in the employment of the Board who are general employees, and
(b) whenever the office of such member of the Tribunal is vacant or is about to become vacant, to elect a person to be nominated and appointed to fill such vacancy, and
(c) whenever circumstances require that a person should be elected to be nominated and appointed to act temporarily as a member of the Tribunal in the place of a member nominated and appointed as aforesaid.
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paragraphs: (1) Whenever it shall be necessary to hold an election, the Board shall cause to be published in the Iris OifigiÃºil a notice (in these Regulations referred to as an election notice) stating that such election will be held and appointing—
(a) the day and hour which shall be the last day and hour for receiving nominations in such election, and
(b) the day on which ballot papers are to be issued and posted to electors at such election, and
(c) the day and hour at which the poll at such election is to be closed, and
(d) the place at which nominations and ballot papers will be received by the returning officer and the place and the day and hour at which he will attend to rule on nominations, to issue ballot papers, and to count the votes.
(2) The last day for receiving nominations at an election shall not be less than twenty-one days before the close of the poll at such election, and the date of the close of the poll at an election shall be not less than sixty days after the publication in the Iris OifigiÃºil of the election notice in respect of such election.
(3) Whenever the Board publishes in the Iris OifigiÃºil an election notice they shall send a copy of such notice to the secretary of every trade union which has requested in writing to be furnished with such copy.
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paragraphs: (1)Whenever it shall be necessary to hold an election, the Board shall appoint a fit and proper person to be the returning officer at such election.
(2)The returning officer at an election shall be paid, as part of the expenses of holding such election, such fee as the Board shall direct.
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paragraphs: (1) Immediately upon the publication of an election notice in the Iris OifigiÃºil, the Board shall cause to be prepared a roll (in these Regulations referred to as the electoral roll) of the persons who were general employees in the employment of the Board on the date of the said publication of such election notice.
(2) Every electoral roll shall state the surname, and other names (or initials), and the address of every person named therein.
(3) The names in the electoral roll shall be arranged alphabetically in order of surnames, and, in the case of the identity of surnames, of other names (or initials) and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with the number one.
(4) The Board shall cause a correct copy of the electoral roll in respect of an election to be signed by the secretary or other principal officer of the Board and to be delivered to the returning officer not less than seven days before the last day for receiving nominations at such election.
(5) Every person named in the electoral roll prepared in pursuance of this Regulation in respect of an election, and no other person, shall be entitled to vote at such election.
(6) The copy of an electoral roll delivered to the returning officer in pursuance of this Regulation shall be conclusive evidence of the contents of such electoral roll.
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paragraphs: (1) Every candidate at an election shall be nominated in writing on a nomination paper in Form No. 1 in the First Schedule hereto.
(2) Every nomination paper shall be signed by a proposer and two seconders all of whom shall be persons entitled to vote at such election.
(3) Every nomination paper shall be delivered to the returning officer not later than twelve o'clock noon on the last day for receiving nominations.
(4) On the last day for receiving nominations the returning officer shall attend at the place named in that behalf in the election notice during the whole of the period from ten o'clock in the forenoon to twelve o'clock noon to receive nominations, and shall, at the beginning of such period, produce all nomination papers previously received by him and shall, during the remainder of such period, receive any other nomination papers tendered to him.
(5) All objections to a nomination paper shall be made to the returning officer at the place and during the period for receiving nominations mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, and every such objection shall be considered and ruled upon by the returning officer during or as soon as may be after the said period but not later than one o'clock in the afternoon on the last day for receiving nominations.
(6) The ruling of the returning officer on an objection to a nomination paper or on any other question arising in relation to the nomination of the candidates shall be final.
(7) Every candidate nominated by a nomination paper and his proposer and one or both of his seconders and no other persons (except assistants employed by the returning officer) shall be entitled to attend the proceedings during the receipt of and ruling upon the nomination papers.
(8) Every objection to a nomination paper shall be made by a person who is entitled to be present and is actually present at the proceedings during the receipt of the nomination papers, and by no other person.
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paragraphs: (1) A candidate may, before twelve o'clock noon on the last day for receiving nominations but not later, withdraw from his candidature by delivering a notice to that effect, signed by him, to the returning officer.
(2) If, after the adjournment of an election by the returning officer in order to take a poll, one of the candidates nominated dies before the day for the issue of ballot papers, the returning officer shall, upon being satisfied of the fact of such death, countermand the poll and thereupon all the proceedings with reference to the election shall be commenced afresh, and for that purpose the Board shall cause to be published in Iris OifigiÃºil a notice appointing a new day and hour to be the last day and hour for receiving nominations, a new day for the issue of ballot papers and a new day and hour for the close of the poll, but in such fresh election no fresh nomination shall be necessary in respect of any candidate who stood nominated at the time of the countermand of the poll.
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paragraphs: If at one o'clock in the afternoon on the last day for receiving nominations only one candidate stands nominated—
(a) if the election is an election of a person to be nominated and appointed as a member of the Tribunal, the returning officer shall declare that one candidate to be nominated and appointed to be a member of the Tribunal ;
(b) if the election is an election of a person to be nominated and appointed to act temporarily as a member of the Tribunal, the returning officer shall declare that one candidate to be nominated and appointed to the panel of persons available to act temporarily as a member of the Tribunal in place of the member of the Tribunal nominated and appointed by the persons for the time being in the employment of the Board who are general employees ;
(c) in either case, the returning officer shall inform in writing the Minister and the Board of the result of the election.
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paragraphs: If at one o'clock in the afternoon on the last day for receiving nominations more than one candidate stands nominated the returning officer shall adjourn the election in order to take a poll in accordance with these Regulations.
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paragraphs: (1) At every election the ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in these Regulations referred to as a ballot paper) containing a list of the candidates described by their names, addresses, and descriptions as stated in their respective nomination papers and arranged alphabetically in the order of their surnames and, in the case of the identity of surnames, of their other names.
(2) The surname of each candidate shall be printed on the ballot papers in large characters and their other names and their addresses and descriptions shall be printed in small characters.