Article 18

If there is a vacancy in the number of Authority Members because the shipowners or the ratepayers fail to nominate or to elect, or if the Council fails to appoint Members at the time specified for their appointment, or in the event that any Member dies, or resigns, or becomes disqualified, or ceases for any reason to be a Member before the expiry of their term of office, the remaining Members may, if they think fit, elect another Member or Members from electors in the category of Member in which the vacancy or vacancies has or have arisen to fill any such vacancy or vacancies. Every Member so elected shall continue in office for the remainder of the term of the Member whose place has been left vacant or has been vacated.