S.L. 363.6 Art. 7Casual vacancy among members.

Whenever a casual vacancy occurs in the membership of the Committee, written notification of such vacancy shall be sent to the

Electoral Commission by the Executive Secretary within two days after the vacancy has occurred. The Commission shall, within three days from the date of the notification by the Executive Secretary, give notice, to be published in the Gazette, of an election to fill the seat vacated. The election procedure to be adopted to fill the vacant post shall be mutatis mutandis in accordance with the proceedings in regulations 89, 90, 91 and 92 in the Third Schedule of the Act, and any reference to locality and councillors shall be deemed to apply to the Committee and the Committee member respectively: Provided that if the casual vacancy occurs within three months before the expiration of the term of office the Committee, no casual election shall be held and the Committee shall be deemed to be duly constituted for the purposes of these regulations: Provided further that no other election shall be held if the term of office of the Committee has been extended in terms of the proviso of regulation 6.