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Conservation Act 1987

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26Z: Conduct of elections

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"How to Run Elections for Fish and Game Councils"

When you elect members of Fish and Game Councils, it must be done in a certain way. You can use either postal voting or a combination of electronic voting and postal voting. The election must also follow regulations made under section 48. You hold the first election, then the next one is three years later, and after that, you have elections every three years. When you have an election for a Fish and Game Council, at least one member must be elected for each subregion of the Council.

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26ZConduct of elections

  1. The election of members of Fish and Game Councils must be conducted—

  2. using either of the following methods of voting:
    1. postal voting:
      1. a combination of electronic voting and postal voting; and
      2. in accordance with regulations made under section 48.

        1. Repealed

        2. The second election of members of each Fish and Game Council shall be held by that Council 3 years after the date of the first election of members of that Council, and subsequent elections shall be held every third year thereafter.

        3. At every election of members of a Fish and Game Council at least 1 member shall be elected for each subregion of the Council.

        Notes
        • Section 26Z: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
        • Section 26Z(1): replaced, on , by section 84(1) of the Electronic Interactions Reform Act 2017 (2017 No 50).
        • Section 26Z(2): repealed, on , by section 84(2) of the Electronic Interactions Reform Act 2017 (2017 No 50).