NEW ZEALAND DAIRY – PRODUCE CONTROL BOARD.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 346

NEW ZEALAND DAIRY - PRODUCE CONTROL BOARD.

REGULATIONS FOR ELECTION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVES.

The poll of producers, taken- on 17th October, resulted in the proposal that the Dairy-produce Export Control Act be brought into operation being carried by 22,284 votes against 9,255. It was then formally declared by Governor-General’s Proclamation that the Act should come into operation on 3rd November. Regulations prescribing the manner of taking the votes of producers for the election of members of the Control Board under the Act were gazetted on 8th November, as follows: — ■ ■ ■

1. In these regulations “the Board” means the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board ; “ the Minister ” means the Minister of Agriculture.

2. For the purpose of taking the votes of producers there shall be appointed a Returning Officer, who shall make all necessary arrangements.

3. For the purpose of the election of producers’ representatives the Minister shall direct the preparation of a roll of producers for the North Island and of a roll of producers for the South Island ; and such rolls shall be ‘ compiled from information furnished by each owner of a dairy factory manufacturing dairyproduce for export, and registered with- the Department- of Agriculture in accordance with the Regulations under the Dairy Industry Act, 1908.

4. The election of members to the Board shall close on the 13th day of December, 1923, and shall be by a system of postal voting. No voting-paper shall be valid which is not received before noon on that day.

5. No person shall be eligible for election- as a producers’ representative unless he has been nominated by two or more producers whose names have been submitted to the Returning Officer by the owner of any such dairy factory, and he has accepted nomination in writing, or by telegraph.

6. Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall prevent the Returning Officer from accepting a nomination-paper in such manner as, in his opinion, is sufficient to identify the candidate and nominators.

7. No producer shall be entitled to nominate more persons for election than the number of producers’ representatives required.

8. The form of nomination shall be in the form No. r in the Schedule hereto, or to the effect thereof.

9. The last day and hour for receiving nominations shall be the 22nd day of November, 1923, at noon, , . *

10. If no more persons are so nominated as producers' representatives than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, such persons shall be deemed to have been duly elected.

11. If more persons are so nominated than are required to fill the vacant positions on the Board, the Returning Officer shall cause voting-papers to be printed, in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto.

12. At such ballot no voting-paper shall be valid unless votes are recorded for the full number of persons required to be elected.

13. Where there is an equality of votes betweenTany condidates and the addition of a vote would entitle one of such candidates to be ‘declared elected, the Returning Officer shall give a casting-vote.

14. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the candidates required to be elected who have received the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected by the Returning Officer by notice in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE

FORM NO. I. NOMINATION OF PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVE ON NEW ZEALAND DAIRY-PRODUCE CONTROL BOARD. *

To the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington. We, the undersigned 'persons carrying on business as suppliers of milk or cream to factories manufacturing dairy-produce for export, do hereby nominate A. B. [Full name], of [Residence and occupation], with his consent, as a candidate at the election of members of the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board.

Dated at , this day of ' , 1923. “ [Full names, residence, and occupation of two or mote producers.]

I, A. B. [Full name], do hereby consent to the above nomination.

A. B. [Residence and occupation].

FORM NO. —VOTING-PAPER.

New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board: Election of ' Producers’ Representatives to Board, 1923.

Marble,-Roland Top Apple, James Ross.

Directions. — The voter must vote' for the full number of candidates [six for the. North Island or three for the South Island) ; he shall leave uncancelled the names of the candidates for whom he desires to vote, and must strike out the names of all the candidates not voted for. Should a voter leave uncancelled the names of more or fewer persons than there are producers to be elected, then his voting-paper shall be invalid. A voter is only entitled to one vote. After indicating the vote in manner aforesaid this voting-paper is to be transmitted to.the Returning Officer, Box 25, Government Buildings, Wellington, so as to be delivered at his office on or before noon on the 13th December, 1923. An addressed envelope is enclosed for use in transmitting the voting-paper.'