Conduct of ballot
15.—(1) The ballot must be conducted as a secret postal ballot.
(2) The ballotter must ascertain the persons eligible to vote in the ballot, those persons being the members of the community as defined for the purposes of section 34(1)(a), (1A)(a) or (1B)(a) of the Act as the case may be(1).
(3) The ballotter must send to each person eligible to vote a ballot paper with—
(a)the question on which the vote is to be taken;
(b)a description of the land and any salmon fishings or mineral rights to which that question pertains; and
(c)the date and time, being not less than 10 days after the date of posting, by which the paper must be returned.
(4) The ballotter must provide to each person eligible to vote a stamped addressed envelope for returning the completed ballot paper.
Section 34(5) of the Act sets out how a community shall be defined for the purposes of section 34(1)(a), (1A)(a) and (1B(a) of the Act.