Failure to elect elected members
21 Failure to elect elected members
This section applies if, by the end of the relevant day—
a person is not elected for a class of elected members mentioned in section 15(2)(a) to (e) (each a relevant class); or
insufficient persons are elected for a class of elected members mentioned in section 15(2)(f) (also a relevant class) to comply with section 15(2).
The Minister may appoint, as elected members for the relevant class, the number of persons required to comply with section 15(2).
The senate may, if asked by the Minister, nominate a person for appointment under subsection (2).
A person appointed under subsection (2) is taken, other than for section 20A(2) or (3)(a), to have been elected at a senate election for the relevant class.
In this section—relevant day, in relation to a relevant class, means the last day of the period notified under the election policy for the holding of a senate election for an elected member of the relevant class.
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