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Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995
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### 7A Filling of casual vacancies
> *\[Section 7A Inserted by No. 60 of 1995, s. 5 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 7A Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 36, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS36@EN) [*\[Section 7A Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2007, s. 6, Applied:13 Sep 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-09-13/act-2007-028#GS6@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 7A Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2007, s. 6, Applied:13 Sep 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-09-13/act-2007-028#GS6@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 7A Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 1998, s. 30, Applied:28 Jul 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-07-28/act-1998-031#GS30@Hpa@EN) On the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of a member of the Redistribution Committee or the Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission, other than a member of the Electoral Commission, the Governor may, by notice published in the *Gazette*, appoint a person to that office if the Governor considers that the person is appropriately qualified.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy in the office of member occurs if the member –
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> > > > (a) dies; or
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> > > > (b) ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he or she was appointed; or
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> > > > (c) becomes incapable of performing the duties of his or her office.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 7A Subsection (3) omitted by No. 31 of 1998, s. 30, Applied:28 Jul 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-07-28/act-1998-031#GS30@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .