Dairy Industry (Election of Delegates) Regulations (Cap. 336)

[Rev. 2012] CAP. 336 Dairy Industry [Subsidiary] 33 [Issue 1] DAIRY INDUSTRY (ELECTION OF DELEGATES) REGULATIONS [L.N. 511/1959.] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dairy Industry (Election of Delegates) Regulations. 2. In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires— “chairman” means the chairman of the meeting; “meeting” means a regional meeting of registered producers convened by the Board under section 21 of the Act. 3. Delegates of registered producers shall be elected at regional meetings in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. 4. One delegate, and no more, shall be elected to represent each region. 5. A candidate for election to the office of delegate shall be a producer in the region which it is proposed he should represent. 6. (1) Each candidate for election shall be proposed and seconded by a registered producer entitled to vote at the meeting at which the election is held. (2) If only one candidate is nominated for election at a meeting, the chairman shall forthwith declare that candidate to be elected. (3) If more than one candidate is nominated for election the chairman shall put to the meeting the question whether the election shall be decided by a show of hands or by ballot, and the question shall be determined by a show of hands by a majority of registered producers present and voting. (4) Where it is determined under subsection (3) that the election shall be decided by a show of hands, the chairman shall call out the name of each candidate for election, and the election shall be decided, by a show of hands, by a majority of the registered producers present and voting. (5) Where it is determined under subsection (3) that the election shall be decided by ballot— (a) the chairman shall cause a plain piece of paper to be delivered to every registered producer present and entitled to vote and the registered producer shall record his vote by writing on his paper the name of a candidate who has been proposed and seconded; (b) no other mark, writing or signature shall be made on the paper, and the registered producer shall forthwith fold the paper so as to conceal his vote, and shall deliver it, or cause it to be delivered, to the chairman in such manner as the chairman shall direct; (c) the chairman shall thereupon announce the number of votes cast for each candidate, and shall declare the candidate for whom the greatest number of votes has been cast to be elected. (6) In the event of an equality of votes between two candidates at the head of a poll, election of one of those candidates shall be made by lot. 7. Only those registered producers carrying on business in the region in which the meeting is held, and being present in person, shall be entitled to vote upon any matter provided for by these Regulations, and each such registered producer shall have one vote. [Rev. 2012] CAP. 336 Dairy Industry [Subsidiary] [Issue 1] 34 8. Delegates elected under these Regulations shall hold office until the next meeting. 9. If a delegate is prevented by absence, illness or other sufficient cause from fulfilling the duties of his office he may appoint a substitute delegate.