Medical Council (Elections) Regulations, 2004.

L.N. 35 of 2004

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS ACT, 2003.

(ACT. NO. XII of 2003)

Medical Council (Elections) Regulations, 2004.

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, 2004.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 20th

January, 2004.

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.

(Register)

Date ……………………………

………………………………

Candidate’s signature

(**) In block letters

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In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires –

“Council” means the Medical Council<

“President” means the President of the Council<

“the Commission” means the Medical Council Elections

Commission established by Regulation 3 of 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)

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

Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press

(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 2004, 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 President Notice of

candiditure to be

that a vacancy occurs amongst the elected members of the Council, published.

it shall as soon as may be, cause a notice to be published in the

Gazette, and all local daily 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 working days

after the closure of nominations, send a ballot paper to all medical

practitioners and dental surgeons 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 a

member 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 Expiration of

voting time.

fixed by the Commission for the receipt of such votes.

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

the expiration of the time mentioned in the preceding regulation.

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

number 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 be declared elected by the Commission.

If two or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes,

a 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.

The Medical Council (Elections) Regulations, 2003, is

hereby repealed.

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