Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 37/40)
Character Range: 118545–121316

and providing for the course to be followed, and that course is valid and sufficient.

      115  Extension of time

       (1) Subject to section 142Y of the Act and in spite of any other provision of these Rules, before or after the day appointed for any election the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, extend the time for holding the election, or for holding the election in a specified ward or part of a ward, or meeting any difficulty which might otherwise interfere with the due course of the election.

       (2) If the Minister extends the time for an election under subrule (1), the Electoral Commissioner may, by notice in writing, fix a date or dates for polling.

       (3) Public notice must be immediately given in the ward for which the election is to be held of any extension of the time for holding the election.

      Part 6   Casual Vacancies

Division 1  Preliminary

      116  Interpretation

        In this Part , unless the contrary intention appears:
      declaration day means the day 21 days after the date shown on the notice sent by the Returning Officer under rule 120.

      117  Notice to TSRA

        If the Minister:
          (a) receives the resignation of an elected member of the TSRA under section 143Q of the Act; or
          (b) removes an elected member of the TSRA from office under subsection 143S (5) or (6) or 143T (1) of the Act;
      the Minister must notify the TSRA in writing of the casual vacancy.

      118  Request to the Electoral Commissioner

       (1) Subject to subrule (2), if:
          (a) an elected member of the TSRA dies; or
          (b) the TSRA receives notice from the Minister under rule 117; or
          (c) the TSRA makes a declaration in relation to an elected member of the TSRA under subsection 143R (1) or (1A) of the Act, and:
             (i) no action is taken by the person affected by the declaration under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975; or
             (ii) all action under that Act in relation to the declaration has been concluded; or
          (d) the TSRA makes a declaration in relation to an elected member of the TSRA under subsection 143R (3) of the Act;
      the TSRA must ask the Electoral Commissioner to arrange for the filling of the casual vacancy in accordance with these Rules.

       (2) Subrule (1) does not apply if the Minister has fixed a day or days for polling under subsection 142Y (2) of the Act.

      119 Electoral Commissioner to fill casual vacancy

       (1) If the Electoral Commissioner receives a request under rule 118, the Electoral Commissioner must arrange for the filling of the casual vacancy in accordance with these Rules.

       (2) If the Returning Officer has not completed the