Part 3 of Schedule 7 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting subclause (1) from clause 6 and substituting the following subclause:

(1) The quota is calculated in accordance with the following formula:

where –

Q is the quota;

FP is the total number of first preferences;

C is the total number of candidates to be elected.

(b) by omitting subclause (2) from clause 7 ;

(c) by omitting from clause 9(d) "disregarding any fractional remainder" and substituting "truncated to 2 decimal places" ;

(d) by omitting from clause 11(4)(d) "disregarding any fractional remainder" and substituting "truncated to 2 decimal places" ;

(e) by inserting the following clause after clause 16 :

17.    Order of election

(1) The order of election of councillors is the order in which the candidates receive a quota.

(2) If more than one candidate receives a quota at the same count or transfer, the candidate with the highest number of votes is elected first, the candidate with the next highest number of votes is elected second and so on.

(3) If under clause 13(6) one candidate is elected without a quota, that candidate is elected last.

(4) If under clause 13(6) more than one candidate is elected without a quota and it is necessary to determine the order of election of those candidates for any reason, the votes received by the remaining unelected candidates are to be distributed until only one candidate has received less than a quota.