Section 21: Vacant local region seats
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21. Vacant local region seats
(1) Subject to subsection (5), where the seat of a member elected for a
local region becomes vacant, an election shall be held in the local region to
fill the vacancy.
(2) At the election to fill the vacancy, each person entitled to vote at the
election shall have only one local region vote and the member shall be
returned under the simple majority system.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Representation of the
People Act, the date of the poll shall be fixed by the President, acting in
accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, to a date which shall not
be later than 3 months after the occurrence or the declaration of vacancy
under section 19 (2).
(4) An election to fill a vacancy shall not be held if the latest date, which
may be fixed, for the poll falls within the period of 6 months preceding the
date on which the Regional Assembly will normally stand dissolved.
(5) A local region member or an Island region member may not be a
candidate in an election to fill a vacancy.