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SCHEDULE 2E+WElection and appointment of members

Election and appointment of subsequent membersE+W

15.—(1) For each subsequent occasion on which members of the Council are to be elected under article 4(1)(a) or (b), or for the purposes of any election to fill a vacancy caused by a person so elected ceasing to be a member, the secretary of the Council or another member chosen by the Council is to act as returning officer.

(2) On any such subsequent occasion—

(a)in the case of an active grazier, a person may only be elected as a member or vote in an election if the person is entered under article 8(1)(a) or pursuant to an application under article 8(2) in the register maintained by the Council;

(b)in the case of any other commoner, a person may only be elected as a member or vote in an election if the person is entered under article 8(1)(c) in the register maintained by the Council; and

(c)while a commoner entitled to exercise rights in more than one Section is entitled to a vote in respect of each such Section, no person may be elected for more than one Section or, as the case may be, Section-Group.