Section 53

If only so many candidates are nominated for election to the Council as are required to be elected, those candidates are deemed to be elected; if fewer, the candidates nominated are deemed to have been elected and they together with the statutory members of the Council and the continuing elected members of the Council (if any) must appoint further members to complete the required number to satisfy the requirements of section 49(1).

If, at any election to be held under section 51(3), no nominations are made for the election of members of the Council, the Chief Justice, after consulting the statutory members of the Council (if any) must appoint to be members of the Council a sufficient number of persons who satisfy the requirements as to standing set out in section 49(1).

Members of the Council appointed under subsections (1) and (2) are deemed for all purposes of this Act to be elected members.