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Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Election of Staff‑elected Director) Regulation 20121
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 285
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 and the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
Dated 6 December 2012

  QUENTIN BRYCE
  Governor-General
  By Her Excellency's Command

  STEPHEN CONROY
  Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

 1 Name of regulation
 2 Commencement
 3 Purpose of regulation
 4 Definitions

Part 2 Notice and method of election

 5 Notice of election
 6 AEC to conduct elections
 7 Method of election

Part 3 Returning officer and roll of voters

 8 Appointment of returning officer
 9 Powers and functions of returning officer
 10 Eligible voters
 11 Roll of voters to be prepared and forwarded
 12 Returning officer may request further information
 13 Publication of names of eligible voters
 14 Notification of alternate address
 15 Alteration of roll

Part 4 Nominations and candidates' statements

 16 Notice of invitation for nominations
 17 Lodgement of nominations
 18 Candidates' statements
 19 Acceptance of nominations
 20 Withdrawal of nominations
 21 Procedure on closure of nominations

Part 5 Ballot

 22 Opening and closing of ballot
 23 Ballot papers
 24 Printing and distribution of election material
 25 Replacement election material
 26 Receipt of completed ballot papers

Part 6 Counting and scrutiny of ballot papers

 27 Appointment of scrutineers
 28 Conduct of scrutineers
 29 Preliminary scrutiny of declaration envelopes
 30 Counting of ballot papers
 31 Objections to ballot papers
 32 Declaration of results

Part 7 Disputes and irregularities

 33 Dispute committee
 34 Application to dispute election
 35 Inquiry by dispute committee
 36 Report on committee's decision
 37 Effect of committee's decision
 38 Irregularities in conduct of election

Part 8 Consequential amendment and repeal

 39 Consequential amendment
 40 Repeal

Schedule 1 Consequential amendment

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of regulation

  This regulation is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Election of Staff‑elected Director) Regulation 2012.

2 Commencement

  This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Purpose of regulation

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, Parts 2 to 7 prescribe how the staff-elected Director is to be elected.

4 Definitions

  In this regulation:
ABC means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Act means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983.
AEC means the Australian Electoral Commission.
declaration envelope: see paragraph 24 (1) (b).
election material means the material mentioned in paragraphs 24 (1) (a) to (d).
eligible voter means a person who meets the requirements of section 10.
informal ballot paper means a ballot paper to which subsection 30 (2) applies.

Part 2 Notice and method of election

5 Notice of election

First election

 (1) Not