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Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

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Regulations Relating to the Establishment of the Professional Board for Community Development Practice, 2024

17. Constitution of board without elections

 

(1) If the number of persons nominated is accepted as candidates is equal to or less than the number of members to be elected, the returning officer shall forthwith declare the candidates who were duly nominated to be duly elected members and shall cause a notice to that effect to be published in the Gazette.

 

(2) If, on or before the polling day, a candidate dies or notifies the returning officer in writing of the withdrawal of his or her candidature and the remaining number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of members to be elected, the election shall be stopped immediately and the returning officer shall forthwith declare the said candidates to be duly elected members and shall cause a notice as contemplated in sub-regulation (1) to be published.

 

(3) If the number of duly nominated members referred to in sub-regulation (1) is less than the number of members to be elected, the returning officer shall, within 14 days of the publication of the notice referred to in sub-regulation (1), publish a notice referred to in sub-regulation 9 (1) regarding the election of the nominated members still to be elected.