Section 17: Regulations about ballots
Section 17 allows the Department to make regulations governing the ballot process, particularly, but not exclusively, in relation to:
(a)
The timing of ballots;
(b)
The persons entitled to vote;
(c)
The question to be asked in a ballot;
(d)
The allocation of votes to those eligible ratepayers entitled to vote in a ballot,
(e)
The form that ballots may take;
(f)
The persons who are to hold ballots;
(g)
The conduct of ballots;
(h)
Allowing the Department to declare ballots void in cases of material irregularity;
(i)
Enabling a district council to recover the costs of a ballot.