Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345:section:58
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58
Character Range: 138610–139735

58  Fixing commencing and closing days of ballot
 (1) If the FWC approves, under section 55 or 57, the submission of a proposed amalgamation to ballot, the FWC must, after consulting with the Electoral Commissioner, fix a day as the commencing day of the ballot and a day as the closing day of the ballot.
 (2) The commencing day must be a day not later than 28 days after the day on which the approval is given unless:
 (a) the FWC is satisfied that the AEC requires a longer period to make the arrangements necessary to enable it to conduct the ballot; or
 (b) the existing organisations concerned in the amalgamation request the FWC to fix a later day.
 (3) If the scheme for the amalgamation contains a proposed alternative provision, a single day is to be fixed as the commencing day, and a single day is to be fixed as the closing day, for all ballots in relation to the proposed amalgamation.
 (4) The FWC may, after consulting with the Electoral Commissioner, vary the commencing day or the closing day.
 (5) Subsection (4) does not limit by implication the powers of the person conducting a ballot under this Part.