CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ELECTORAL EQUALITY) ACT 2021 (NO. 20 OF 2021) - SECT 53
CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ELECTORAL EQUALITY) ACT 2021 (NO. 20 OF 2021) - SECT 53
53 . Section 87 amended
(1) In
section 87(1) delete “an election in a region and not to an
election in a district.” and insert:
a Council election
where the relevant number is more than one.
(2) Delete
section 87(4) and insert:
(4) If the candidates
are not greater in number than the candidates required to be elected, the
returning officer must declare the candidates duly elected.
(3) Delete
section 87(5)(a) and insert:
(a) the
returning officer must, at the place of declaration of nominations,
immediately after the close of nominations and before all persons then
present —
(i)
make out in respect of each group in which each candidate
is endorsed by a registered political party, a slip bearing the names of the
candidates in the group, and deal with the slips in accordance with
Schedule 2; and
(ii)
make out in respect of each other group, a slip bearing
the names of the candidates in the group, and deal with the slips in
accordance with Schedule 2;
(4) In
section 87(7) delete “in a newspaper circulating in the
region.” and insert:
on the Commission
website and in any other way the returning officer considers appropriate.
Note: The heading to amended section 87 is to
read:
Close of nominations
procedure for Council election where relevant number more than one