4A

A casual vacancy to which subsection (4)(c) applies shall be filled by a person elected at an election to fill the vacancy and any other casual vacancy shall be filled—

a

by a person chosen by the council in accordance with subsection (4B); or

b

if no person is chosen as mentioned in paragraph (a), by a person elected at an election to fill the vacancy.

4B

Where a casual vacancy in a district council falls to be filled in accordance with this subsection—

a

a meeting of the council to choose a person to fill the vacancy shall be held not less than 14 days nor more than 42 days after the occurrence of the vacancy;

b

the clerk of the council shall give every member of the council not less than 7 days written notice of the meeting which notice shall state as the first business of the meeting the choice of a person to fill the vacancy;

c

the council may at that meeting choose to fill the vacancy any person who is qualified to be a member of the council and is not objected to by any member of the council present at the meeting; and

d

any person so chosen shall be deemed for all purposes to have been duly elected a member of the council.

4C

Where a meeting of a district council held in accordance with subsection (4B) fails to choose a person to fill a casual vacancy, the clerk of the council shall, within 7 days of the meeting, notify the Chief Electoral Officer—

a

that a casual vacancy has arisen in the council and that a meeting held in accordance with subsection (4B) has failed to choose a person to fill that vacancy;

b

of any other matter concerning the casual vacancy which has come to the knowledge of the clerk of the council.