Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1991
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Voting rights and ballots. |
11.—(1) Only ordinary members of a society shall be entitled to vote in any ballot taken under this Act. | |
(2) Voting for the purposes of this Act shall be by secret ballot. | ||
(3) A person, who is otherwise eligible, shall be entitled to vote if, but only if, he is ordinarily resident in Ireland. | ||
(4) (a) The first ballot for the purpose of section 9 of this Act shall be held at the same time as the first election of the society's management committee and the election of the regional board of the region of which the society's area forms part. | ||
(b) Every person holding a current annual share certificate of the society on the date specified in the rules of the society shall be entitled to vote in that ballot. | ||
(5) To be entitled to vote in any subsequent ballot a person must be the holder of a current annual share certificate of the society on the date specified in the rules of the society and be, or be deemed to be, the holder of such a certificate for any two other years since the previous ballot. | ||
(6) A decision of a society under section 9 of this Act shall have effect until the next election of its management committee and shall then cease unless at a ballot for the purposes of that section it is decided in accordance with subsection (1) of that section that the provisions of that subsection shall continue in force. | ||
(7) A ballot for the purposes of subsection (6) of this section or, if for the time being no decision is in force under section 9 , a ballot for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section shall be held at the same time as an election of the society's management committee. | ||
(8) An ordinary member, whether he holds one or more than one current annual share certificate, shall be entitled to one vote only in any ballot. |