Dairy Produce Marketing Act, 1961
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Provisions in relation to ballots under sections 9 and 10. |
12.—(1) (a) A ballot under section 9 or section 10 of this Act shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of regulations made by the Minister under this section. | |
(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) of this subsection, regulations under this subsection may provide for— | ||
(i) the form of the ballot paper to be used in the ballot and of the proposal referred to in sections 9 and 10 of this Act, | ||
(ii) the time for and manner of applying for the issue of proposal forms and the time for and manner of issuing such forms, | ||
(iii) the particulars to be contained in the proposal form and ballot paper in relation to persons proposed for nomination under section 9 or 10 of this Act, | ||
(iv) the manner of completing and subscribing proposal forms and ballot papers, | ||
(v) the procedure for ascertaining the persons entitled in any nomination year to propose persons for nomination under section 10 of this Act and to vote in a ballot under that section and for establishing the identity of persons proposing persons for nomination as aforesaid or voting in any such ballot and of persons so proposed, | ||
(vi) the taking and receiving of statutory declarations in relation to the identity of— | ||
(I) persons proposing persons for nomination under section 10 of this Act and voting in ballots under that section, and | ||
(II) persons proposed for nomination under the said section 10, | ||
(vii) the time for and the manner of issuing ballot papers to persons and societies having votes, | ||
(viii) the persons by whom the proposal forms and ballot papers shall be issued, | ||
(ix) the time for and the manner of sending completed proposal forms and ballot papers to the returning officer, | ||
(x) the scrutiny of ballot papers by the returning officer, | ||
(xi) the time for and manner of counting votes, and | ||
(xii) the rejection of ballot papers and the disallowance of votes by the returning officer. | ||
(2) Each person or society entitled to vote in a ballot under section 9 or 10 of this Act shall be entitled to one vote. | ||
(3) The returning officer for the purposes of a ballot under section 9 or 10 of this Act shall— | ||
(a) in the case of a ballot held before the establishment day, be a person appointed by the Minister, | ||
(b) in any other case, be the chief officer of the Board. | ||
(4) The cost of, and the expenses in relation to, a ballot (other than any costs incurred by University College, Cork, the Company, the Condensed Milk Company of Ireland (1928), Limited, the Newmarket Dairy Company (1932), Limited, a society, persons standing proposed for nomination as members of the Board, persons entitled to propose such persons or persons entitled to a vote in the ballot) under section 9 or 10 of this Act shall be paid— | ||
(a) in the case of a ballot held before the establishment day, out of the dairy produce (price stabilisation) fund, and | ||
(b) in any other case, out of the Fund. |