Section 22: Vacant Island region seats

22. Vacant Island region seats (1) Where the seat of a member returned for the Island region becomes vacant, the Electoral Commissioner, after consultation with the Electoral Supervisory Commission, shall notify to the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly the name of the person who is to fill the vacancy. (2) A person’s name may only be so notified if— (a) he is included on the list on which was also included the name of the member whose seat has become vacant; (b) he is willing to serve as a member for the Island region; and (c) the party does not within one week of the notice of declaration of vacancy being published in the Gazette under section 19 (2) (c), inform the Electoral Commissioner of its objection to his name being notified to the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly. (3) Where there are more than one person who satisfies the conditions in subsection (2), the Electoral Commissioner may only notify the name of whichever of them was the higher, or highest, on the list. R30 – 13 [Issue 7] Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (4) A person whose name is notified under subsection (1) shall be treated as returned as a member for the Island region on the day on which notification of this name is received by the Chairperson of the Regional Assembly and he shall take the oath prescribed in the First Schedule before the Chairperson at the next ordinary meeting of the Regional Assembly. (5) Where there is no person who satisfies the conditions in subsection (2), the seat left vacant by an Island region member shall remain vacant until the next ordinary election.