Available preferences 5. For the purposes of sections 19 and 21, where the next available preference indicated on a ballot-paper cannot be determined because the same number appears in more than one square on the ballot-paper: (a) where only one of those squares is opposite the name of a party or an independent candidate, the next available preference shall be taken to be for that party or candidate; (b) where 2 or more of those squares are opposite the names of parties or independent candidates, the ballot-paper shall not be taken to indicate a next available preference; (c) where all those squares are opposite the names of candidates of the particular party, the next available preference shall be taken to be for that party; and (d) where all those squares are opposite the names of candidates of parties and 2 or more of them are opposite the names of candidates of different parties, the ballot-paper shall not be taken to indicate a next available preference.

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