Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is about sitting Members, so once you are elected, it is about whether you filed. For those specific candidates who won, basically, and this is so those who were unsuccessful, if they haven’t filed it goes through a separate process and pursued separately by the Chief Electoral Officer. Because you could be deemed if you hadn’t filed your papers on time, you could be deemed in a way that you could not sit in your seat in the Assembly. It only really, in the end, applies to sitting Members. In the situation that if you hadn’t filed your papers and a report is made by the Chief Electoral Officer to the Clerk, they are the ones that would come down to you and say you are not allowed to sit until your papers are filed, so that doesn’t apply to those candidates who didn’t win or I should say who weren’t successful. So as far as anyone who doesn’t file their paperwork, it is pursued through the process of compliance and it is all made public. Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Committee Motion 29-16(3): Rules And Procedures Report 4-16(3): Reporting Requirements Limited To Elected Members, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 29-16(3): Rules And Procedures Report 4-16(3): Reporting Requirements Limited To Elected Members, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
May 27th, 2009
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