Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00766:reg:141
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00766
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 141
Character Range: 157274–159601

141  Post‑election report by AEC (s 197(2))
 (1) For subsection 197(2) of the Act, the following matters are prescribed for inclusion in the report (the post‑election report) given under subsection 197(1) of the Act:
 (a) the declaration mentioned in regulation 140;
 (b) any rules of the organisation or branch which because of ambiguity or other reason, were difficult to interpret or apply;
 (c) any matters in relation to the roll of voters including those matters contained in subsection 197(3) of the Act;
 (d) the number of written allegations (if any) of irregularities made to the AEC during the election;
 (e) action taken by the AEC in relation to those allegations;
 (f) any other irregularities identified by the AEC and action taken by the AEC in relation to those other irregularities.
 (2) The AEC must:
 (a) give the post‑election report within 30 days after the closing day of the election; and
 (b) publish a notice on its web site advising that a copy of the post‑election report can be obtained from the AEC on the request of a member who was eligible to vote in the election.
 (3) The AEC must supply a copy of the post‑election report to the member as soon as practicable, but no later than 7 days, after receiving a request under paragraph (2)(b).
 (4) An organisation or branch that has a web site must, as soon as practicable after receiving the post‑election report, publish on its web site a notice that a copy of the report is available from the organisation or branch, or from the AEC, on the request of a member who was eligible to vote in the election.
 (5) A notice published under subregulation (4) must remain on the web site until the end of the period in which an application may be made under subregulation 143(1).
 (6) An organisation that does not have a web site must, as soon as practicable after receiving the post‑election report, publish a notice that a copy of the report is available from the organisation or branch, or from the AEC, on the request of a member who was eligible to vote in the election.
 (7) The notice mentioned in subregulation (6) must be published in a manner that is reasonably accessible to the organisation's members.
Examples
1 Publishing the notice in a public notice in a newspaper.
2 Publishing the notice in the organisation's official union journal.