New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS (ELECTIONS) REGULATION 1996 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Procedure for determining election if 7 or more candidates

(Clause 22)

1 Definition

In this Schedule:
"continuing candidate", in relation to a count, means a candidate not already excluded from the count.

2 Exclusion of candidate after first count

(1) Exclude the candidate with the smallest number of primary votes.

(2) If no candidate can be excluded under subclause (1), exclude the candidate with the smallest number of first preference votes.

(3) If no candidate can be excluded under subclause (2) because 2 or more candidates have equal numbers of first preference votes, determine one of those candidates by lot under clause 23 of this Regulation and exclude that candidate.

3 Distribution of first preferences

(1) After excluding a candidate under clause 2, distribute the first preference votes cast for the excluded candidate (in accordance with the next preferences on them) to the bundles of first preference votes cast for the continuing candidates.

(2) Add the numbers of votes so distributed respectively to the numbers of primary votes for each of the continuing candidates.

4 Exclusion of candidate after distribution of first preferences

(1) Exclude the continuing candidate with the smallest total of votes under clause 3.

(2) If no candidate can be excluded under subclause (1), exclude the one who had the smallest number of primary votes.

(3) If no one can be excluded under subclause (2), exclude the one who had the smallest number of first preference votes.

(4) If no one can be excluded under subclause (3) because 2 or more candidates have equal numbers of first preference votes, determine one of those candidates by lot under clause 23 of this Regulation, and exclude that candidate.

5 Further distribution of first preferences, if required

(1) If at this stage only 5 candidates remain, declare them elected.

(2) If at this stage more than 5 candidates remain, distribute the first preference votes cast for the last excluded candidate (in accordance with the next preferences on them) to the bundles of first preference votes cast for the now continuing candidates.

(3) Add the numbers of votes so distributed respectively to the totals obtained under clause 3 (2), but only for each of the continuing candidates.

6 Exclusion of candidate after further distribution of first preferences

(1) Exclude the candidate with the smallest total of votes under clause 5 (3).

(2) If no one can be excluded under subclause (1), exclude the one with the smallest number of votes at the immediately previous count.

(3) If no one can be excluded under subclause (2), exclude the one who had the smallest number of primary votes.

(4) If no one can be excluded under subclause (3), exclude the one who had the smallest number of first preference votes.

(5) If no one can be excluded under subclause (4) because 2 or more candidates have equal numbers of first preference votes, determine one of those candidates by lot under clause 23 of this Regulation, and exclude that candidate.

7 Repetition of procedure

(1) If at this stage only 5 candidates remain, declare them elected.

(2) If at this stage more than 5 candidates remain, repeat the procedure of:

(a) distributing the first preference votes cast for the last excluded candidate (in accordance with the next preferences on them) to the bundles of first preference votes cast for the still continuing candidates,

(b) adding the number of votes so distributed respectively to the totals last obtained for each of the still continuing candidates,

(c) excluding one of those candidates according to the method in clause 6 (treating the reference in clause 6 (1) to the smallest total of votes as a reference instead to the smallest sum obtained under paragraph (b) of this clause),

until all but 5 candidates have been excluded. Declare those 5 elected.