Committee to attend and give advice at the meeting called by the Commission
Version Date:
23/11/2001
(1) Without prejudice to section 7, a Committee must-
(a) at the request of the Commission, attend such meeting as may be called by the Commission at the close of the nomination period for a particular ordinary election, by-election, nomination for the religious subsector or supplementary nomination for the religious subsector, as the case may be; and
(b) as far as reasonably practicable, give advice at the meeting to any Returning Officer present on any matter referred to in section 7(1) or (2) regarding that ordinary election, by-election, nomination for the religious subsector or supplementary nomination for the religious subsector, as the case may be, on which the Returning Officer may wish to seek advice from the Committee.
(2) An advice given under subsection (1)(b) may be either oral or in writing.