Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a vacancy in the membership of the Council occurs under section 15, that vacancy must be filled:
(a) where the Statutes make provision for the filling of that casual vacancy--in the manner provided by the Statutes; or
(b) in any other case--in the manner provided in subsection 10(1) for the appointment of a person to the vacant office.
(2) A person appointed to fill such a vacancy holds office for the remainder of the term of office of the person's predecessor.
(3) Subsection ( 2) does not apply, and does not prevent paragraph 10(7)(a) applying, to the filling of a vacancy in the membership of the Council if the vacancy is one to which paragraph 10(1)(q) relates.