Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN MEAT AND LIVE-STOCK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT 1985 No. 12 of 1985 - SECT 27

27. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), where a person is entered on the register
referred to in sub-section 30J (1) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977 on the day of closure of that register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting and the person has not, since that day, ceased to
be entitled to be entered on that register, the person is entitled to vote,
either in person or by proxy, in his or her capacity as a person entered on
that register, upon any matter to be determined at the meeting and, for the
purpose of so voting, to cast such number of votes as is calculated in
accordance with a method determined by the regulations made under that Act,
being a method that has regard to particulars entered on the register with
respect to the live-stock that are owned by the person.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where a person is entered on the register
referred to in sub-section 30J (2) of the Australian Meat and Live-stock
Corporation Act 1977 on the day of closure of that register for the purposes
of an annual general meeting and the person has not, since that day, ceased to
be entitled to be entered on that register, the person is entitled to vote,
either in person or by proxy, in his or her capacity as a person entered on
that register, upon any matter to be determined at the meeting and for that
purpose to exercise one vote.

(3) Where a person is entered on both registers, the person is entitled, in
relation to any motion, to vote in his or her capacity as a person who is
entered on one of those registers and also to vote in his or her capacity as a
person who is entered on the other of those registers.

(4) Subject to sub-section (7), where a motion of the kind referred to in
sub-paragraph 22 (4) (d) (i) is moved at an annual general meeting, that
motion shall be taken to have been passed if, and only if-

   (a)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (1) in support of
        the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section constitutes a majority of the
        votes cast by virtue of that sub-section, either in person or by
        proxy, by persons entered on that register; and

   (b)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (2) in support of
        the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section constitutes a majority of the
        votes cast by virtue of that sub-section, either in person or by
        proxy, by persons entered on that register.

(5) Where a motion of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph 22 (4) (d) (ii) is
moved at an annual general meeting, the motion shall be taken to have been
passed unless-

   (a)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (1) against the
        motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section and entitled to vote exceeds
        75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that
        sub-section if all persons entered on that register on the day of
        closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled
        to vote had voted on the motion; and

   (b)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (2) against the
        motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section and entitled to vote exceeds
        75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that
        sub-section if all persons entered on that register on the day of
        closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled
        to vote had voted on the motion.

(6) Where a motion of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph 22 (4) (d) (iii)
is moved at an annual general meeting, the motion shall be taken to have been
passed if, and only if-

   (a)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (1) in support of
        the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section and entitled to vote exceeds
        75% of the votes that would have been cast by virtue of that
        sub-section if all persons entered on that register on the day of
        closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled
        to vote had voted on the motion; and

   (b)  the number of votes cast by virtue of sub-section (2) in support of
        the motion, either in person or by proxy, by persons entered on the
        register referred to in that sub-section and entitled to vote exceeds
        75% of the number of votes that would have been cast by virtue of that
        sub-section if all persons entered on that register on the day of
        closure of that register for the purposes of the meeting and entitled
        to vote had voted on the motion.

(7) The person presiding at an annual general meeting may, unless a person
present at the meeting and having a right to vote, either on his or her own
behalf or as a proxy for another person, indicates that he or she requires a
vote to be taken in accordance with sub-section (4), permit a vote on a motion
of a kind referred to in that sub-section, other than a motion of which notice
was given by the Corporation under section 24, to be resolved by a show of
hands.

(8) Where a vote on a motion by a show of hands is permitted in accordance
with sub-section (7), a person attending the annual general meeting who is
entitled to vote on the motion, including a person who is the proxy of another
person or of other persons, is entitled to cast one vote only on that motion
and the motion shall be taken to be passed if it is supported by a majority of
the votes so cast.

(9) For the purposes of sub-sections (5) and (6), every person who was entered
on a register on the day of closure of the register for the purposes of an
annual general meeting shall be taken to be entitled to vote at the meeting by
virtue of being so entered on the register unless the Corporation is satisfied
that the person has ceased since that day to be entitled to be entered on the
register.