Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00868:reg:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16
Character Range: 12754–14060

16      Elections conducted electronically

(1)    The returning officer may conduct the election using the internet.

(2)    If the election is conducted using the internet:

(a)    a reference in this instrument to a notice board includes a reference:

(i)    to the appropriate page of the University's website or, for an election conducted by ANUSA, ANUSA's website or

(ii)    to an email sent to an appropriate email address; or

(iii)    to the email address of each person eligible to vote the election; and

(b)    if a standard official email address within the University's email system is provided to a person, that email address may be regarded as the person's address; and

(c)    voting papers for the election may be given by email or on the internet; and

(d)    the provisions of this Division (apart from this section) apply to the election with the modifications the returning officer considers necessary or appropriate for the election to be conducted using the internet.

(3)    Despite subsection (2)(d), if the election is conducted using the internet, the returning officer must ensure that the ballot is secret, and that the identity of each person voting is kept separately from the person's vote.

(4)    This section has effect despite any other provision of this instrument.