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Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Procedures after close of nominations

64: Vacancies remaining unfilled to be extraordinary vacancies

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"Empty positions after an election are called extraordinary vacancies"

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If you have an election and not enough people nominate, some positions will be empty. You call these empty positions extraordinary vacancies. They are treated as if they happened on polling day. When you have these extraordinary vacancies, it does not matter if other members are still in office because of section 116. You still treat the empty positions as extraordinary vacancies. This happens even if other members are still working.

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Part 3Conduct of elections and polls
Procedures after close of nominations

64Vacancies remaining unfilled to be extraordinary vacancies

  1. If, at the close of nominations for an election, the number of candidates is less than the number of vacancies to be filled, a vacancy remaining unfilled—

  2. is an extraordinary vacancy; and
    1. is to be treated as occurring on polling day, even though on polling day any other member or members continue in office under section 116.