If, in a year in which Trustees are to be elected according to article 3(1)(a), four or fewer candidates are chosen by the appointing body, then those persons shall be deemed elected as Trustees.

If in such a year more than four candidates are chosen by the appointing body, then the returning officer shall arrange for a poll to be taken and each of the electors shall be entitled to four votes for offices of Trustee but in no case shall an elector be entitled to give more than one vote to any one candidate.

The poll shall be taken in such manner, whether by postal vote or by ballot in a meeting convened by the returning officer by public notice for that purpose, as the Trustees may by resolution from time to time determine.

The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected as Trustees, and in the case of an equality of votes, the choice shall be made by the drawing of lots by the returning officer.