The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province
of Nova Scotia makes the following rules under and by virtue of section
18 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.
E-3.
3. Unless the Commission decides otherwise, only one
person or a designated spokesperson shall be heard in the presentation
of a representation at a sitting.
4. A person giving notice shall state therein at which
of the places designated in the advertisement such person wishes to
make representation, the official language in which it is to be made,
and special needs they may have.
5. If a person giving notice fails to comply with the
provisions of Rule 4, the secretary shall ascertain from such person
the place at which such person wishes to appear to make a representation
and the official language in which it is to be made.
6. Rules 4 and 5 are made for administrative purposes
only and do not operate to prevent a person who has given notice from
making the representation at any place of sitting of the Commission
set out in the advertisement, subject only to the power of the Commission,
pursuant to Rule 7, to cancel a sitting at any place if it appears that
no one will make a representation at the sitting at that place.
7. If it appears to the Commission that no one will
make a representation at any place designated by the advertisement as
a place of sitting, the Commission may cancel the sitting at such place.
8. Two members of the Commission shall constitute a
quorum for the holding of a sitting.
9. If a quorum cannot be present at a sitting, the Commission
may provide for the hearing of representation by one member of the Commission
pursuant to section 18 of the Act, or may postpone the sitting to a
later date.
10. The secretary shall inform any person who has given
notice, but has not been heard, of a postponement. Public advertisement
of a postponement may also be given by the chairman or the Commission
by such means as he or it considers adequate.
11. When the hearing of a representation cannot be completed
within the time allotted, the Commission may adjourn the sitting to
a later date at the same or another place.
12. The Commission will consider any written submissions
made in compliance with these rules and the Act, and will make public
such submissions at one or more of the sittings.
13. The Commission shall have the power to waive any
procedural requirement where the Commission deems there to be a defect
in form and not in substance.
