{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-11H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-11H.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "section/11H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11H",
  "heading": "Transitional provision for previously co-opted members",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to a member (in this section referred to as a “co-opted member”) of a district council who was chosen by the council to fill a casual vacancy under section 11 as it had effect without the amendments made by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010.\n(2) A co-opted member may notify the Chief Electoral Officer in writing that, in the event of a casual vacancy to which section 11(4)(a) or (b) applies in the member's seat, the vacancy is to be treated as if—\n(a) the member stood as an independent when elected,\n(b) the member stood in the name of a registered party when elected, or\n(c) the member stood in the name of two or more registered parties when elected.\n(3) A co-opted member may only give one notification under this section.\n(4) If the co-opted member notifies the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with subsection (2)(a), section 11C applies as if the member stood as an independent when elected.\n(5) If the co-opted member notifies the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with subsection (2)(b) or (c), the member must, at the same time, provide the name of the registered party or (as the case may be) parties in question.\n(6) The following provisions apply if there is a casual vacancy to which section 11(4)(a) or (b) applies in the seat of a co-opted member.\n(7) The notification of the vacancy by the clerk of the council to the Chief Electoral Officer under section 11(4AB) must indicate that the member of the council whose seat has become vacant was a co-opted member.\n(8) If the co-opted member has given a notification to the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with this section, the Chief Electoral Officer must make the determination under section 11B by reference to the notification (and not by reference to the statement of persons nominated for the purposes of the last election to the seat).\n(9) If the co-opted member has not given a notification to the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with this section—\n(a) section 11B does not apply, and\n(b) an election must be held to fill the vacancy.\n(10) Subsection (9) is subject to section 11K (unfilled vacancies in a local election year).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 11A-11H, 11J, 11K inserted (1.4.2010) by Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1178), arts. 1(2), 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/11H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}