Industrial Relations Regulation 2018

The manager of the election must call for nominations for the offices to be filled by notice given to members in 1 of the following ways—

by post to each member at the address recorded in the members register;

if the organisation publishes a journal or newsletter it gives its members free of charge, by advertisement in the journal or newsletter;

in a daily newspaper circulating in the area where the organisation’s members live or work.

The notice must state—

the opening day for nominations; and

the closing day for nominations; and

that nominations for office—

open at midday on the opening day; and

close at midday on the closing day; and

who may nominate as a candidate in the election; and

that nominations for office must be written, signed by the nominee and given to the manager before nominations close; and

the start and finish days for a ballot to decide the result of the election if a ballot becomes necessary under section 8; and

that only a person who was a financial member 30 days before the opening day for nominations may vote in the election; and

that the ballot will be decided by a first-past-the-post system of voting.