Medical Council (Elections) Regulations, 2003

L.N. 411 of 2003

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS ACT, 2003

(ACT NO. XII OF 2003)

Medical Council (Elections) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 51(1)(f) of the Health

Care Professions Act 2003, the Minister of Health has made the

following regulations>–

(1) The title of these regulations is the Medical Council

(Elections) Regulations, 2003.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 19th

December, 2003.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –

Nomination Form for Candidates for Election to the Medical Council

We, the undersigned, being voters entitled to vote at an election of the Medical

Council for

(a) five licensed medical practitioners at least one of whom must be a hospital

based specialist and another a general practitioner

(b) two licensed dental surgeons

do hereby nominate....................................................................... (**)

registered in the ..........................................................................................(**)

(Register)

and whose address is...........................................................................................(**)

as a candidate for the said election.

Proposer: Name............................................................

(Block Letters)

Signature..........................................

Date.......................................

Registered in the ...............................................................................

Seconder: Name............................................................

(Block Letters)

Signature..........................................

Date.......................................

Registered in the ...............................................................................

DECLARATION BY PERSON NOMINATED

I, .................................................................................................. whose name appears

(full name in block letters)

on the ........................................................ accept the above nomination.

(Registrar)

Date......................................

Candidate’s signature

(**) In block letters

“Council” means the Medical Council<

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council<

“the Commission” means the Medical Council Elections

Commission established by these regulations<

“Registrar” means Registrar of the Council.

Ballot Paper

FOR USE BY.........................................................

VOTING FOR ELECTION OF A CANDIDATE TO THE MEDICAL COUNCIL

Names of Candidates

Place a cross in this part against the name

(in alphabetical order)

of the candidate for whom you wish to vote

VOTE FOR .......................................... CANDIDATE(S)

(only)

(i)

Signature of Election Commissioner ……………………………………

(ii)

Signature of Election Commissioner ……………………………………

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(1) There shall be established a Commission, to be called

the Medical Council Elections Commission composed of three election

commissioners.

(2) The Council shall, in January of each year, appoint a

Commission, bearing the same name and composed of the same number

of commissioners to conduct the election to the said Council for that

year.

The Commission shall by the end of January cause a notice to

be published in the Gazette and in all local daily newspapers, specifying

the place, days and times during which nominations of candidates for

the election to the Council will be received by the Registrar.

(1) When the Commission is informed by the Chairman that Notice

candiditure to be

a vacancy occurs amongst the elected members of the Council, it shall published

as soon as may be, cause a notice to be published in the Gazette, and all

local newspapers, specifying the place, days and times during which

nominations of candidates for election to the Council will be received

by the Commission.

(2) A candidate shall be nominated in writing on a form in

accordance with the specimen contained in the First Schedule to these

regulations. Whatever the number of vacancies to be filled, no person

shall be nominated to fill in more than one vacancy.

(1) If the nominations received exceed the number of Holding of an

election.

vacancies on the Council, an election shall be held.

(2) The Commission shall, within three days after the closure

of nominations, send a ballot paper to all practitioners resident in Malta

registered with the Council and shall inform voters of the method of

voting as well as the place where, and the time by which the ballots are

to be returned to the Commission.

(3) The ballot paper to be used for the purpose of the election

shall be in accordance with the specimen contained in the Second

Schedule to these regulations, and shall be signed by two members of

the Commission.

A voter shall record his vote by placing a cross against the Manner of voting.

name of the candidate for whom he votes.

Votes shall not be accepted after the expiration of the time No

closing time.

fixed by the Commission for the receipt of such votes.

The Commission shall count the votes immediately after the Counting of votes.

expiration of the time mentioned in the preceding regulation.

When, on the ballot paper, there is registered a larger number Invalid votes.

of votes than is required, the ballot paper shall be declared invalid by

the Commission.

The candidates who obtain the largest number of votes shall Elected candidates.

be declared elected by the Commission.

If two or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes, a Partial elections.

partial election amongst those candidates shall be held in accordance

with the provisions of this regulation.

The Commission shall immediately report the election result

to the Minister responsible for health, and the said result shall be

published in the Gazette.

The decision of the Commission on the validity of any

nomination, the right of a person to cast the vote, the place where the

votes are received and the result of the election, is final and conclusive.