ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 64 OF 2006) - SECT 52
ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 64 OF 2006) - SECT 52
52 . Schedule 1 amended
(1) Schedule 1
clause 5 is repealed and the following clause is inserted
instead —
“
5.
Unless all the vacancies have been
filled, the surplus votes (if any) of any candidate elected under
clause 4, or elected subsequently under this clause, shall be transferred
to the continuing candidates as follows —
(a) the
number of surplus votes of the elected candidate shall be divided by the
number of votes received by him and the resulting fraction shall be the
surplus fraction;
(b) in
relation to any particular ballot papers for surplus votes of the elected
candidate, the surplus fraction shall be multiplied by the transfer value at
which those ballot papers were transferred to the elected candidate, or by one
if they expressed first preference votes for the elected candidate, and the
product shall be the continued transfer value of those particular ballot
papers;
(c) the
total number of ballot papers for surplus votes of the elected candidate that
each —
(i)
express the next available preference for a particular
continuing candidate; and
(ii)
have a particular continued transfer value,
shall be multiplied by
that transfer value, the number so obtained (disregarding any fraction) shall
be added to the number of votes of the continuing candidate and all those
ballot papers shall be transferred to the continuing candidate,
and if on the
completion of the transfer of the surplus votes of the elected candidate to a
particular continuing candidate that candidate has received a number of votes
equal to or greater than the quota, that candidate shall be elected.
”.
(2) Schedule 1
clause 7 is repealed.
(3) Schedule 1
clause 9 is amended by deleting “4(a) and (b)” and inserting
instead —
“ 5 ”.