Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a casual vacancy arises in the office of an elected member.
(2) If the elected member was elected by a ballot under section 15(3), the council must appoint to the office the one person, if any, who—
(a) was a candidate for the office in the ballot; and
(b) was not elected; and
(c) received the highest number of votes of all the candidates who were not elected; and
(d) is eligible, under this Act, to be a member; and
(e) is willing to be, and available to perform the functions of, a member.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) the elected member was not elected by a ballot; or
(b) no-one is eligible for appointment under subsection (2).
(4) A person is to be elected to the office by a ballot under section 15(3).
(5) Despite subsection (4), if the elected member was a student, the council may appoint a student to the office.
(6) A person appointed under subsection (2) or (5) is taken to have been elected under section 15.