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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2285 ..

MR WOOD (continuing):

(v) if the number of votes in favour of "yes" is equal to the number of votes in favour of "no" the chairperson shall declare the question lost;

(w) the ballot shall be secret but the fact that a completed ballot paper or a spoiled ballot paper is seen before the votes have been counted does not invalidate the ballot.

(32) Accidental omission to display notice of a meeting at a particular place does not invalidate the meeting or any action taken at the meeting.

(33) The identity of the chairperson as a union official or a staff member, or the absence of union officials from a meeting, does not invalidate the meeting or any action taken at the meeting.

(34) Failure to comply with subclause (9) strictly does not invalidate the meeting or any action taken at the meeting.

(35) Failure to comply with subclause (31) strictly does not invalidate the ballot.

(36) In subclauses (5) to (14) inclusive, a reference to a meeting shall be taken to include any adjournment of that meeting and in subclauses (32) and (33), a reference to a meeting shall be taken to include an adjourned meeting.

First staff director

7. (1) Subject to subclause (2), the first staff director of the Company shall be Colin Earl Power.

(2) As soon as practicable after the day referred to in subsection 2(2) of the Betting (Corporatisation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996 Colin Earl Power shall give the Company a signed consent to act as director.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Part, if before the day referred to in subsection 2 (2) of the Betting (Corporatisation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 1996, Colin Earl Power had -

(a) ceased for any reason to be an employee of the Company;

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