NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 76/09

School Board Election Regulations, 1998 (Amendment)
under the
Schools Act, 1997
(O.C. 2009-255)

(Filed August 25, 2009)

Under the authority of section 118 of the Schools Act, 1997, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, August 13, 2009.

Sandra Barnes
Deputy Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.3 Amdt.
Time of election and first meeting

        2.   S.7 Amdt.
Duties of board

NLR 146/97
as amended

        1. Subsection 3(1) of the School Board Election Regulations, 1998 is repealed and the following substituted:

Time of election and first meeting

        3. (1) An election of trustees to a board shall be held on November 3, 2009, and afterward on the first Tuesday in November every four years, unless the minister otherwise directs.

 

        2. Subsection 7(3) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

             (3)  Notwithstanding subsection (2), where an election coincides with a municipal election and the boundaries of a district include a municipality, or part of a municipality, a board shall cooperate with the council of the municipality for the purpose of, where practical,

             (a)  designating polling stations to be used jointly in a board and municipal election; and

             (b)  appointing deputy returning officers and poll clerks to act concurrently, in their respective capacities, in a board and municipal election.

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