Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00135:clause:1_5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00135
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 5
Character Range: 6310–7268

5  Subsection 273(29)
Insert:
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.
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.