Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Where any
extraordinary vacancy arises or any vacancy is about to arise by effluxion of
time in relation to the membership of an elective member of the Corporation,
the following provisions shall apply —
(a) in
the case of an extraordinary vacancy, the returning officer shall notify the
Chairman of the Corporation in writing as soon as possible after the
extraordinary vacancy has arisen;
(b) in
the case of vacancies occurring by effluxion of time, the returning officer
shall, at least 3 months before the term of office of an elective member
will expire by effluxion of time, inform the Chairman of the Corporation in
writing of the name of the elective member whose term of office is about to
expire, and of the day upon which the term of office will expire;
(c) as
soon as possible after a notification from the returning officer under
paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) has been received, the Corporation
shall fix the day for the holding of the election to fill the vacancy or
vacancies and shall forthwith notify the returning officer of the day;
(d) the
Corporation shall ensure that the day fixed under paragraph (c) enables
the returning officer to comply with paragraph (e);
(e) upon
receipt of the notice from the Corporation fixing the day for the holding of
the election, the returning officer shall by public notice, published not less
than 2 months and not more than 3 months before the day fixed for
the election, inform the commercial producers —
(i)
of the intention to hold the election;
(ii)
of the day fixed for the election;
(iii)
of the nomination day; and
(iv)
of the address of the returning officer;
(f) the
nomination day shall be not less than 14 days nor more than 6 weeks
prior to the day fixed for the election.
[Regulation 6 amended in Gazette
1 Sep 1995 p. 4064.]