CITY OF MELBOURNE ACT 2001 - SECT 18 How votes to be counted

CITY OF MELBOURNE ACT 2001 - SECT 18

    (1)     Division 6 of Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2020 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 were no reference to "only one Councillor".

    (2)     If the election of Councillors was conducted in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Act and the application of Division 7 of Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2020 does not result in the filling of all the vacancies in the offices of Councillors (other than the Lord Mayor or Deputy Lord Mayor)—

        (a)     in the case of a single vacancy to be filled, Division 6 of Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2020 applies to the by-election to fill the vacancy and Schedule 1 does not apply; or

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