Failure to elect elected member
21 Failure to elect elected member
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 (c) (each a relevant class).
The Minister may appoint a person as the elected member for the relevant class.
The council 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 council election for the relevant class.
This section applies to the periodic election of members and an election required because of a casual vacancy.
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 council election for an elected member of the relevant class.
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