(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, if a casual vacancy occurs in the office of a member appointed under subsection (1) of section 4 (Constitution of Authority) of this Act, the appointing body shall appoint another person to fill the vacancy.
(2)A person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall, subject to sections 9 (Declaration to be made by members) and 11 (Disqualification of members) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, this Act, hold office during the remainder of the term for which the person in whose place he has been appointed was appointed.
(3)A casual vacancy occurring less than four months before the end of the vacating member’s normal term of office may at the discretion of the appointing body be left unfilled.