Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00347:clause:1_142
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00347
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 142
Character Range: 43033–43592

142  Subsection 274(9)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (9) If, on any count other than the final count:
 (a) 2 or more candidates (lowest ranking candidates) have an equal number of votes; and
 (b) one of them has to be excluded;
the candidate to be excluded is the candidate with less votes than any of the other lowest ranking candidates at the last count at which one of those candidates had less votes than any of the others, but, if there has been no such count, the Divisional Returning Officer must decide by lot which of them is to be excluded.