Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04592:schedule:2:p1
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Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 1/13)
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Schedule 2

  18. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting from the heading "REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS" and substituting "ELECTIONS FOR 2 OR MORE MEMBERS FOR A REGIONAL COUNCIL WARD";

     (b) by omitting from clause 1 "election" and substituting "ward election for 2 or more members for the ward concerned";

     (c) by omitting from clause 3 "prescribed number in relation to the Regional Council" and substituting "designated number in relation to the ward";

     (d) by inserting "ward" after "Council" in the definition of "leading shortfall" in clause 24;

     (e) by inserting "ward" after "Council" in the definition of "shortfall" in clause 24;

     (f) by inserting "ward" after "Council" in the definition of "vacancy shortfall" in clause 24.

Insertion of new Schedule

19. After Schedule 2 to the Principal Act the following Schedule is inserted:

                       "SCHEDULE 2A Section 111

METHOD OF DETERMINING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
AT AN ELECTION FOR A SINGLE MEMBER FOR A
REGIONAL COUNCIL WARD

Absolute majority required for election

  1. A candidate needs an absolute majority of votes to be elected.

Candidate with absolute majority of first preference votes elected

2. A candidate who receives an absolute majority of first preference votes is elected.

Distribution of preferences

3.(1) If there is no candidate who receives an absolute majority of first preference votes, the candidate who has received the fewest first preference votes must be excluded, and each of that candidate's ballot papers must be transferred to the unexcluded candidate for whom the next available preference is expressed.

(2) If there is then no candidate who has an absolute majority of votes, the process of excluding the candidate who has the fewest votes, and transferring that candidate's ballot papers to the unexcluded candidates for whom the next available preferences are expressed, must be repeated as often as necessary until one candidate receives an absolute majority of votes.

(3) A candidate who receives an absolute majority of votes at any stage of the process described in this clause is elected.

(4) Without limiting the generality of section 113, the rules made by the Minister under that section may include provisions about:

  (a) the determination of an absolute majority of votes; and

    (b) the method of choosing between 2 or more candidates, each of whom has the same number of votes, in order to work out which candidate to exclude; and

  (c) determining when a ballot paper is exhausted.".

Application of amendments

20.(1) The amendments made by this Part (other than section 17) apply to the round of Regional Council elections for 1993 and to each later round.

(2) The amendments made by section 17 do not apply until immediately after the end of the election period for