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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.621Filling casual vacancies
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### sec.621 Filling casual vacancies
An organisation’s rules may provide for filling a casual vacancy in an office for the organisation.
However, the rules must not allow the filling of a casual vacancy other than by ordinary election, if the unexpired part of the term of the office for the organisation is longer than the greater of—
1 year; or
three-quarters of the term of the office.
If a person fills a casual vacancy in an office for an organisation under this section, the person is taken to have been elected to the office.
In this section—
term , of the office, means the period for which the person last elected to the office by an ordinary election, other than by an ordinary election to fill a casual vacancy, may hold the office without being re-elected.
(sec.621-ssec.1) An organisation’s rules may provide for filling a casual vacancy in an office for the organisation.
(sec.621-ssec.2) However, the rules must not allow the filling of a casual vacancy other than by ordinary election, if the unexpired part of the term of the office for the organisation is longer than the greater of— 1 year; or three-quarters of the term of the office.
(sec.621-ssec.3) If a person fills a casual vacancy in an office for an organisation under this section, the person is taken to have been elected to the office.
(sec.621-ssec.4) In this section— term , of the office, means the period for which the person last elected to the office by an ordinary election, other than by an ordinary election to fill a casual vacancy, may hold the office without being re-elected.
- (a) 1 year; or
- (b) three-quarters of the term of the office.