Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) All reasonable
expenses incurred by a co-operative in and in connection with preparing for
and holding a special postal ballot are to be considered to constitute the
expenses of the postal ballot for the purposes of section 188(4).
(2) Those expenses
include (but are not limited to) the following expenses —
(a) the
cost of obtaining expert advice, including legal and financial advice, and of
commissioning expert reports;
(b)
costs attributable to the use of staff of the co-operative in connection with
preparing for and holding the ballot;
(c) the
cost of producing, printing and posting the ballot papers and other material
associated with the ballot;
(d) the
cost of convening and holding a meeting under section 186(2) at the
request of the members who requisitioned the postal ballot.