Queensland Consolidated Acts

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ACT 1998 - SECT 20A

(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) The council must appoint to the office a person who is eligible to be elected to the office under section 15.

(5) A person appointed under subsection (2) or (4) is taken to have been elected under section 15.