sec.78Term of office ends—particular professional staff member

### sec.78 Term of office ends—particular professional staff member This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, there were 2 elected members of a class mentioned in former section 15(2)(b) (each a professional staff member ). On the commencement, the term of office of 1 professional staff member ends as follows— if the members were elected at the same council election and 1 member received the fewest votes of the professional staff members elected at the election—the term of office of the professional staff member who received the fewest votes ends; otherwise—the term of office of the professional staff member decided by lot drawn by the nominated person ends. If a lot is drawn between professional staff members under subsection (2)(b), the council must give the members notice of the outcome of the lot. s 78 ins 2021 No. 22 s 12 (sec.78-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, there were 2 elected members of a class mentioned in former section 15(2)(b) (each a professional staff member ). (sec.78-ssec.2) On the commencement, the term of office of 1 professional staff member ends as follows— if the members were elected at the same council election and 1 member received the fewest votes of the professional staff members elected at the election—the term of office of the professional staff member who received the fewest votes ends; otherwise—the term of office of the professional staff member decided by lot drawn by the nominated person ends. (sec.78-ssec.3) If a lot is drawn between professional staff members under subsection (2)(b), the council must give the members notice of the outcome of the lot. - (a) if the members were elected at the same council election and 1 member received the fewest votes of the professional staff members elected at the election—the term of office of the professional staff member who received the fewest votes ends; - (b) otherwise—the term of office of the professional staff member decided by lot drawn by the nominated person ends.