Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990

The Minister may authorise the Victorian Electoral Commission or a person appointed by the Victorian Electoral Commission to conduct a poll of producers—

in the area in the participating jurisdiction described in a draft Order referred to in section 19B; and

referred to in section 19B(1)(d) in the production area in Victoria.

In the case of a poll under section 7 on the question of whether a proposed Order referred to in section 19B should be made, if the corresponding agricultural industry development legislation relating to—

the method of enrolment of persons eligible to vote; or

the preparation of a final roll for the poll; or

whether voting in relation to the poll is compulsory; or

the method of determining the outcome of the poll in the participating jurisdiction—

Despite subsection (2), if a poll has been conducted under section 7 on the question of whether a proposed Order referred to in section 19B should be made under section 8 and a further poll is conducted on that question with respect to the same relevant commodity, production area and eligibility to vote, Parts 2 and 5 apply to the conduct of the poll.

If—

a poll has been conducted for the purposes of making an Order referred to in section 19B; and

the Minister is satisfied that the majority of the votes cast by producers in Victoria who are entitled to vote in the poll are in favour of a committee being established under this Act with jurisdiction limited to Victoria—