Victorian Consolidated Legislation

City of Melbourne Act 2001 - SECT 18

How votes to be counted

18. How votes to be counted



(1) Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 1989 applies to the
election of the Lord Mayor and the Deputy Lord Mayor-

   (a)  as if each pair of candidates standing jointly for the positions was a
        single candidate; and

(b) as if there was no reference to "only 1 Councillor".

(2) Schedule 2 and Parts 1, 2 and 5 of Schedule 3 of the
Local Government Act 1989 also apply to the election of the Lord Mayor and the
Deputy Lord Mayor.

(3) Part 4A of Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 1989 applies to the
election of the Councillors referred to in section 6(1)(c).





(4) On the determination of the successful pair of candidates under subsection
(1), the returning officer must declare elected-

   (a)  as Lord Mayor the member of the pair who nominated for the office of
        Lord Mayor; and

   (b)  as Deputy Lord Mayor the member of the pair who nominated for the
        office of Deputy Lord Mayor.

(5) If the application of section 37A of the Local Government Act 1989 does
not result in the filling of all the vacancies in the offices of Councillors
referred to in section 6(1)(c)-

   (a)  in the case of a single vacancy to be filled, Schedule 2 and Parts 1,
        2, 3 and 5 of Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 1989 apply to the
        by-election to fill the vacancy;

   (b)  if there is more than 1 vacancy to be filled, Schedule 1 applies to
        the by-election to fill the vacancies.