COUNCIL FOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES (ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS

COUNCIL FOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES (ELECTIONS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 464.02

COUNCIL FOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES

(ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS

20th January, 2004

LEGAL NOTICE 33 of 2004, as amended by Legal Notice 329 of 2006.

The title of these regulations is the Council for Nurses and

Midwives (Elections) Regulations.

Nomination Form for Candidates for Election

to the Council for Nurses and Midwives

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

Nurses and Midwives for

(a) five registered nurses one of whom shall be a second level registered

nurse and another shall be a nurse whose name is entered in any of the

special parts of the Register of Nurses

(b) two licensed midwives

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 Council for Nurses and Midwives;

''President'' means the President of the Council;

''the Commission'' means the Council for Nurses and Midwives

Elections Commission established by regulation 3;

''Registrar'' means Registrar of the Council.

Ballot Paper

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

VOTING FOR ELECTION OF A CANDIDATE

TO THE COUNCIL FOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES

Names of Candidates

Place a cross in this part against the

(in alphabetical order)

name of the candidate for whom you

wish to vote

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

(only)

Signature of Election Commissioner ................................................

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

the Council for Nurses and Midwives Elections Commission

composed of three election commissioners.

(2) For subsequent years, 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

that a vacancy has occurred amongst the elected members of the

Council, 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.

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

vacancies on the Council, an election shall be held.

(2) The Commission shall, within fifteen working days after

the closure of nominations, send a ballot paper to all nurses and

midwives resident in Malta and who are registered or licensed 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.

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(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, and shall be signed by a member of the Commission.

A voter shall record his vote by placing a cross against the

name of the candidate for whom he votes.

Votes shall not be accepted after the expiration of the time

fixed by the Commission for the receipt of such votes.

The Commission shall count the votes immediately after

the expiration of the time mentioned in the preceding regulation.

When a larger number of votes than is required is

registered on ballot paper, 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.

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