Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) The body corporate must appoint a returning officer for each general meeting where a motion is to be decided by secret ballot.
(2) Also, the body corporate may appoint a returning officer for any other general meeting.
(3) The returning officer has all or any of the following functions as decided by the body corporate and stated in the returning officer's instrument of appointment--
(a) deciding questions about eligibility to vote and voting entitlements;
(b) receiving secret voting papers;
(c) counting votes, or inspecting the counting of votes;
(d) deciding whether a vote is valid.
(4) The following persons are not eligible for appointment as a returning officer for a body corporate--
(a) the owner of a lot included in the community titles scheme;
(b) a person engaged as a body corporate manager or service contractor, or authorised as a letting agent;
(c) an associate of a person mentioned in paragraph (b).