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Torres Strait Regional Authority Election Rules 2017

I, The Hon. Sen. Nigel Scullion, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, make the following Rules

Dated  18 September 2017

The Hon. Sen. Nigel Scullion
Minister of Indigenous Affairs

Contents
Part 1 Preliminary 1
1 Name ...............................................1
2 Commencement.........................................1
3 Authority.............................................1
4 Definitions............................................1
5 Interpretation...........................................3
6 Schedules.............................................4
7 TSRA wards...........................................4
8 TSRA ward boundaries.....................................5
9 Designated number for TSRA wards.............................6
10 Electoral Commissioner may give directions........................6
11 Returning Officer........................................6
12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander liaison officers....................6
13 Liaison officer to be present during polling.........................7
Part 2 Nominations 8
14 Qualifications of person nominated..............................8
15 Manner of nomination......................................8
16 To whom nominations made..................................8
17 Requirements for nomination.................................8
18 Form of consent to act......................................9
19 Rejection of nomination....................................9
20 Place of nomination.......................................9
21 Day of nomination........................................9
22 Hour of nomination.......................................9
23 Declaration of nominations...................................9
24 Withdrawal of consent to nomination............................10
25 Where poll to be held.....................................10
26 Death of candidate after nomination.............................10
27 Failure of election.......................................10
Part 3 Conduct of the election 11
Division 1 General 11
28 Persons not to vote more than once.............................11
29 Photographs of candidates..................................11
30 Undertaking by officers and scrutineers...........................11
31 Ballot‑boxes to be securely fastened.......................11
32 Official mark..........................................11
Division 2 Postal voting 12
33 Grounds for applying for postal vote............................12
34 Application for postal vote..................................12
35 Duty of an authorised witness................................12
36 Issue of postal voter cards and ballot‑papers..................13
37 Inspection of applications...................................13
38 Form of postal voter cards..................................13
39 Postal voting..........................................13
40 Unauthorised interference...................................15
41 Procedure for dealing with postal voter cards etc.....................15
42 Opening postal ballot‑papers
43 Failure to post or deliver postal vote application or ballot‑paper
44 Inducing voter to hand over marked ballot‑paper................16
45 Commencement of preliminary scrutiny of postal votes.................16
46 Conduct of preliminary scrutiny of postal votes......................16
47 Mistakes.............................................18
48 Correction of formal errors
49 Further investigation of postal votes by a regional panel.................19
Division 3 Pre‑poll voting
50 Grounds for applying for pre‑poll vote
51 Pre‑polling voting officers
52 Applying for a pre‑poll vote
53 Place and time for applying..................................20
54 Pre‑poll voting
55 Form of pre‑poll voter card............................22
56 Record of issue of pre‑poll voting papers
57 Opening of pre‑poll voting envelope
58 Obligations of persons present when pre‑poll vote is cast
59 Mistakes.............................................23
60 Correction of formal errors
61 Further investigation of pre‑poll votes by a regional panel
Division 4 The Poll
62 Arrangements for polling
63 Substitute
64 Use of licensed premises as polling booth
65 Separate voting compartments
66 Ballot‑boxes
67 Ballot‑papers
68 Printing of ballot‑papers
69 Determination of order on ballot‑papers
70 Ballot‑papers to be initialled
71 Scrutineers at the polling
72 Provisions relating to scrutineers
73 Persons present at polling
74 Polling
75 Where voters may vote