University of Queensland Act 1998

This section applies if a casual vacancy arises in the office of an elected member.

If the member was elected at a senate election, the senate must appoint to the office the one person, if any, who—

was a candidate for the office in the senate election; and

was not elected; and

received the highest number of votes of all the candidates who were not elected; and

is eligible, under this Act, to be a member; and

is willing to be, and available to perform the functions of, a member.

Subsection (4) applies if—

the elected member was not elected at a senate election; or

no-one is eligible for appointment under subsection (2).

The senate must appoint to the office a person who—

is eligible, under this Act, to be a member; and

is an eligible person for the class of elected members of which the elected member was a member; and

otherwise meets any nomination requirements under the election policy for that class of elected members.

A person appointed under subsection (2) or (4) is taken, other than for subsection (2) or (3)(a), to have been elected at a senate election.