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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 (NO. 51 OF 2004) - SECT 227 Qualifications to contest recount to fill vacancy in Assembly

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 (NO. 51 OF 2004) - SECT 227

Qualifications to contest recount to fill vacancy in Assembly

(1)  A person may nominate to contest a recount to fill a vacancy if the person –
(a) was a candidate at the election to fill all the seats for that division last held before the vacancy occurred; and
(b) was not elected at that election; and
(c) is still qualified under the Constitution Act 1934 to be elected as a Member of the Assembly.
(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) , a person is still qualified under the Constitution Act 1934 to be elected as a Member of the Assembly, notwithstanding that the person –
(a) was not living in Tasmania at the time the vacancy occurred; or
(b) did not live in Tasmania for a period between the date of the election referred to in subsection (1) and the date the vacancy occurred.