Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:273:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
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Provision Reference: s 273 (pt 8/10)
Character Range: 558459–561107

at a particular transfer value;
each constitutes a separate transfer.
 (29) In this section:
adjusted notional vote, in relation to a continuing candidate, means, in a case where a candidate or candidates has or have been elected, the sum of:
 (a) the number of notional votes of the continuing candidate; and
 (b) the number, before the transfer of any of the surplus votes, of those surplus votes.
continuing candidate means a candidate not already elected or excluded from the count.
leading shortfall, in relation to a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the shortfall of the continuing candidate standing highest in the poll at that stage.
notional vote, in relation to a continuing candidate, means the aggregate of the votes obtained by that candidate and the votes obtained by each other candidate who stands lower in the poll than him or her.
relative order of standing, at a particular time, of 2 continuing candidates with the same number of votes in a Senate election for a State means:
 (a) the relative order of standing of those candidates by reference to the last count at which they had a different number of votes, with the candidate with the greater number of votes at that count having a higher relative order of standing than the other candidate; or
 (b) if those candidates are in an unbreakable tie at that time—the relative order of standing of those candidates by reference to the order of standing determined under subsection (29A) in relation to the unbreakable tie.
shortfall, in relation to a continuing candidate at a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the number of votes that the candidate requires at that stage in order to reach the quota referred to in subsection (8).
State includes Territory.
unbreakable tie: 2 or more continuing candidates who have the same number of votes in a Senate election at a particular time are in an unbreakable tie at that time if:
 (a) they had the same number of votes at every count before that time; or
 (b) there was no count before that time.
vacancy shortfall, in relation to a particular stage during the scrutiny in a Senate election, means the aggregate of the shortfalls of that number of leading candidates equal to the number of remaining unfilled vacancies, the leading candidates being ascertained by taking the continuing candidate who stands highest in the poll, the continuing candidate who stands next highest in the poll, and so on in the order in which the continuing candidates stand in the poll.
 (29A) If, at a particular time, 2 or more continuing candidates in a Senate election for a State are in