Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012


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Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Local Government Electoral Regulation 2012 .

2Date of quadrennial election for 2016

For section 23 (3) of the Act, the day fixed for the quadrennial election for 2016 is 19 March 2016.

s 2 sub 2014 SL No. 290 s 16

3Electors who may cast an electronically assisted vote—Act, s 68 (5B) (c)

(1)For section 68 (5B) (c) of the Act, the following classes of electors are prescribed—
(a)special postal voters;
(b)distance voters.
(2)In this section—
distance voter means an elector whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km, by the nearest practicable route, from a polling booth.

s 3 prev s 3 sub 2014 SL No. 290 s 16

om 2015 Act No. 2 s 44

pres s 3 ins 2015 SL No. 143 s 3

4Approval of procedure for electronically assisted voting—Act, s 75A (3) (a)

For section 75A (3) (a) of the Act, the procedures set out in the document called ‘‘Electronically assisted voting procedures’ for local government elections’ made by the electoral commission on 8 September 2015 are approved.

s 4 ins 2015 SL No. 143 s 3