277Exclusion of candidate

277 Exclusion of candidate (1) The election manager must exclude from participation in a countback any candidate which the election manager knows has died or has otherwise ceased to be qualified to be a Councillor. (2) A candidate is not to be excluded from participation in a countback only because the candidate failed to complete a declaration under section 282(1) after a countback to fill a previous extraordinary vacancy. (3) An exclusion under subsection (1) cannot be made once the countback procedure has been commenced.