68Election of ordinary member of council

68 Election of ordinary member of council (1) If ordinary members of a council are to be elected, the authorised officer must determine the result of the election by counting the votes and filling the vacancies in accordance with Schedule 1. (2) If a candidate for a position of ordinary member of a council has been elected as the principal member of the council under regulation 67, the authorised officer must determine the result of the election of ordinary members of the council as follows: (a) a vote indicated on a ballot paper opposite the name of the candidate must be counted to the candidate next in the order of the voter's preference; (b) the numbers indicating subsequent preferences are taken to have been altered accordingly.

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