Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2006C00692:body:0:p12
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and the next available preference for a particular continuing candidate shall be multiplied by the transfer value the number so obtained (disregarding any fraction) shall be added to the number of first preference votes of the continuing candidate and all those ballot papers shall be transferred to the continuing candidate,
and any continuing candidate who has received a number of votes equal to or greater than the quota on the completion of any such transfer shall be elected.

 (2) Unless all the vacancies have been filled, the surplus votes (if any) of any candidate elected under subsection (1), or elected subsequently under this subsection, shall be transferred to the continuing candidates in accordance with paragraphs (1) (a) and (b), and any continuing candidate who has received a number of votes equal to or greater than the quota on the completion of any such transfer shall be elected.

 (3) Where a continuing candidate has received a number of votes equal to or greater than the quota on the completion of a transfer under subsection (1) or (2) of the surplus votes of a particular elected candidate, no votes of any other candidate shall be transferred to the continuing candidate.

 (4) For the purposes of the application of paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) in relation to a transfer under subsection (2) or 135D (2) of the surplus votes of an elected candidate, each ballot paper of the elected candidate that was obtained by that candidate on a transfer under this regulation shall be dealt with as if any vote it expressed for the elected candidate were a first preference vote, as if the name of any other candidate previously elected or excluded had not been on the ballot paper and as if the numbers indicating subsequent preferences had been altered accordingly.

 (5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), where, after any count or transfer under this section, 2 or more candidates have surplus votes, the order of any transfers of the surplus votes of those candidates shall be in accordance with the relative sizes of the surpluses, the largest surplus being transferred first.

 (6) Subject to subsection (7), where, after any count or transfer under this regulation, 2 or more candidates have equal surpluses, the order of any transfers of the surplus votes of those candidates shall be in accordance with the relative numbers of votes of those candidates at the last count or transfer at which each of those candidates had a different number of votes, the surplus of the candidate with the largest number of votes at that count or transfer being transferred first, but if there has been no such count or transfer the returning officer shall determine by