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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licensing trusts, community trusts, and other matters - Licensing trusts - Elections

312: Who is qualified to vote in election of members of licensing trust

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"Who can vote for people to help decide about alcohol sales in their area?"

To vote for members of a licensing trust, you must be a residential elector of a territorial authority in the area where the trust is. You also need to live in the trust district. If the trust district is divided into smaller areas called wards, you can only vote for the member who represents the ward where you live. You cannot vote for members from other wards, and to find more information you can look at the related section.

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Licensing trusts: Elections

312Who is qualified to vote in election of members of licensing trust

  1. Subject to subsection (2), a person is qualified to vote in the election of members of a licensing trust if that person is qualified as a residential elector of a territorial authority in whose district the trust is situated and resides in the trust district.

  2. If the trust district is divided into wards, a person who is qualified as a residential elector of the territorial authority on the basis of a residential address within that ward—

  3. is qualified to vote in the election of the member or members for that ward; and
    1. is not qualified to vote in the election of any other member.

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