Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006

Amendment of Articles 83, 84, 89 and 90 of Regulations of 1995.

17.— The Regulations of 1995 are amended—

(a) in Article 83, by substituting the following subarticle for subarticle (8):

“(8) The returning officer shall not transfer the surplus of a candidate deemed to be elected whenever that surplus, together with any other surplus not transferred, is less than both the difference between the quota and the number of votes credited to the highest continuing candidate and the difference between the numbers of the votes credited to the two lowest continuing candidates.”,

(b) in Article 84, by substituting the following subarticle for subarticle (2):

“(2) Where the total of the votes of the two or more lowest candidates together with any surplus not transferred is less than the number of votes credited to the next highest candidate, the returning officer shall in one operation exclude such two or more lowest candidates.”,

(c) in Article 89, by deleting “in the order ascertained in accordance with article 88”, and

(d) in Article 90(3)—

(i) by substituting “transfer of votes and” for “transfer of votes,”, and

(ii) by substituting “place.” for “place, and the order in which the candidates were elected.”.