16Casual vacancies

#### 16 Casual vacancies (1) Where a vacancy in the membership of the Council occurs under section 15, that vacancy must be filled: (a) where the Statutes make provision for the filling of that casual vacancy—in the manner provided by the Statutes; or (b) in any other case—in the manner provided in subsection 10(1) for the appointment of a person to the vacant office. (2) A person appointed to fill such a vacancy holds office for the remainder of the term of office of the person’s predecessor. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply, and does not prevent paragraph 10(7)(a) applying, to the filling of a vacancy in the membership of the Council if the vacancy is one to which paragraph 10(1)(q) relates.