LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 8

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 8

8—Failure or avoidance of supplementary election

        (1)         If a supplementary election wholly or partially fails or is declared void, the council must appoint a person or persons (being an elector or electors for the area) to the office or offices not filled by the supplementary election.

        (1a)         If the returning officer declares the nominated candidate or candidates elected under section 25 but not all vacancies are filled, the council must appoint a person or persons (being an elector or electors for the area) to the office or offices that remain unfilled.

        (2)         A council must not appoint a person to an office in pursuance of subsection (1) or (1a) unless the person—

            (a)         would, if an election were held to fill the office, be eligible to stand as a candidate for election to the office; and

            (b)         has made a declaration of eligibility in the prescribed form.