Part I: Officers of Convocation

1. There shall be a Warden and a Deputy Warden of Convocation who shall be members of Convocation, as defined by Section 17(1) of the University of Western Australia Act 1911, and elected annually by members of Convocation entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of this Statute.

2.(1) The Warden may resign from office by notice in writing to the Chancellor with a simultaneous copy to the Convocation Officer. Such resignation takes effect from the time it is received by the Convocation Officer.

(2) The Deputy Warden may resign from office by notice in writing to the Warden. Such resignation takes effect from the time it is received by the Convocation Officer.

3. The Warden and the Deputy Warden are ex officio additional members of all committees and sub-committees of Convocation.

4.(1) There shall be a Convocation Officer who shall be a member of the staff of the University, appointed to the position by the Vice-Chancellor after consultation with the Warden.

(2) The Convocation Officer has such powers and shall perform such duties as are conferred or imposed by this Statute or by the Registrar after consultation with the Warden of Convocation.

Part II: Membership of Convocation

5.(1) Membership of Convocation is as defined by Section 17(1) of the University of Western Australia Act 1911.

(2) For the purposes of this Statute, 'graduate' means a person who has been awarded a degree or diploma of this University.

6.(1) The Convocation Officer shall maintain a list, to be known as the Postal List, of the names and addresses of those persons as defined in the University of Western Australia Act 1911 who are members of Convocation.

(2) Only those members of Convocation whose names are on the Postal List are entitled to receive voting papers of Convocation.

(3) The name and address of a member of Convocation shall be deleted from the Postal List whenâ€”

(a) the member requests the Convocation Officer in writing to remove his or her name from the list; or

(b) mail addressed to the member by the Convocation Officer has been unclaimed not less than twice, the Convocation Officer having taken reasonable steps to ascertain the correct address of the member; or

(c) the Convocation Officer receives evidence that the member has died.

(4) The Convocation Officer shall present to each Ordinary Meeting of Convocation a list of the members whose names and addresses have been deleted from the Postal List since the last Ordinary Meeting with the exception of those members who have requested removal of their names from the Postal List.

(5) A member whose name has been deleted from the Postal List does not thereby cease to be a member of Convocation.

(6) A member of Convocation whose name has been deleted from the Postal List may at any later time request the Convocation Officer in writing to re-enter his or her name in the Postal List and on receipt of and being satisfied with the validity of such request the Convocation Officer shall enter the name and address of the member in the list. A member who lodges an application with the Convocation Officer on a date less than 42 days before an election is not entitled to vote in that election.

(7) The Postal List shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any member of Convocation. The Convocation Officer shall not provide copies of or information from the Postal List in part or in whole to any person or organisation without the express approval of both the Registrar of the University and the Warden.

Part III: Committees of Convocation

SELECT COMMITTEES

7. Convocation or the Warden may refer any matter to a Select Committee.

8.(1) Unless Convocation determines otherwise a Select Committee consists of the Warden, the Deputy Warden and five other members. At any meeting of the Select Committee four members constitute a quorum.

(2) The Warden has the right to be chairman of all Select Committees but if the Warden shall be at any time or times unable or unwilling to so act then the Deputy Warden has the right to so act. If both the Warden and the Deputy Warden are at any time or times unable or unwilling to so act the Select Committee shall elect one of its other members to be chairman.

9. The chairman has a vote and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman has a second or casting vote.

10. The report of a Select Committee shall be written and signed by the chairman who shall present it to the next Ordinary Meeting of Convocation.

COUNCIL OF CONVOCATION

11.(1) There shall be a committee of Convocation which shall be called the Council of Convocation ('the Council') which has such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or imposed on it by this Statute or by Convocation.

(2) The Council shall manage the affairs and perform such duties of Convocation so as toâ€”

(a) encourage members of Convocation to participate in the governance of the University through the election of Convocation members to the Senate and the review of amendments to University statutes;

(b) represent the interests and opinions of members through effective communication and to present such views to the University and the community of Western Australia;

(c) encourage members to support and contribute to the intellectual and cultural prosperity of the University community;

(d) promote professional and social links between members of Convocation by creating and supporting opportunities for graduate interaction; and

(e) promote the ideals and purpose of the University and Convocation to graduates and undergraduates, other members of the University and the community of Western Australia.

(3) The Council consists of the Warden, the Deputy Warden, the immediate past Warden and 21 members of Convocation elected by Convocation.

(4) The Council shall ordinarily meet on the first Wednesday in each month except January. It may meet at other times as determined by the Warden.

(5) A member of the Council who fails to attend three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Council without having obtained leave of the Council to be absent is deemed to have resigned from the Council at the conclusion of the third of such meetings.

(6) At any meeting of the Council the quorum is not less than one-third of the number of members of the Council.

12.(1) Subject to the provision of Clause 11(5) hereof, each elected member holds office for three years terminating on the election of each member's successor.

(2) An elected member completing a term of office is eligible for re-election.

(3) Those members of the Standing Committee whose terms of office were to terminate in the years 1993, 1994 and 1995 shall hold office on the Council, which is the successor body to the Standing Committee, until the years 1993, 1994 and 1995 respectively.

13.(1) Elections shall be held annually to fill vacancies in the Council however occurring, but between the annual elections the Council may itself elect any other member of Convocation to fill any casual vacancy in the Council. A member so elected by the Council holds office only until the next annual election unless the casual vacancy occurred after the close of nominations for the annual election and had a term of at least one year to run, in which event the member elected to it by the Council holds office until the annual election in the following year.

(2) A member elected to a casual vacancy by the Council is eligible for election at the annual elections.

(3) A member elected to a casual vacancy at the annual election is deemed to have been elected at the same time as the person whom the member succeeds in office.

(4) At the annual elections precedence shall be given to filling the vacancies with longer terms to run.

14. The Warden has the right to be Chairman of the Council but if the Warden is at any time or times unable or unwilling to so act then the Deputy Warden has the right to so act. If both the Warden and the Deputy Warden are at any time or times unable or unwilling to so act the Council shall elect one of its other members to be chairman.

15. The Council may appoint such committees with such members and such duties and for such purposes and for such periods as it deems fit provided however that each committee shall report back to the Council from time to time as required by it and no action proposed by a committee shall be taken by it until approved by the Council.

Part IV: Meetings of Convocation

16.(1) Convocation shall hold Ordinary Meetings at least twice a year at such hour and place as the Warden determines.

(2) The first Ordinary Meeting of the year shall be held on the third Friday in March and another shall be held on the third Friday in September, but if a meeting so fixed falls on a day which is deemed by the Warden to be unsuitable the meeting shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Warden.

(3) The Warden shall call additional Ordinary Meetings of Convocation at such times as the Warden may deem necessary.

17. On receipt of a requisition signed by at least 15 members the Warden shall call a Special Meeting of Convocation to be held within 42 days after receipt of such requisition. Every such requisition shall specify the matters proposed to be placed before the meeting.

18.(1) At least 14 days' notice of any meeting shall be given by advertisement in one University publication and one daily or weekly newspaper published in Perth.

(2) At least 28 days before any meeting except an adjourned meeting the Convocation Officer shall send by mail a printed notice, stating the matters to be considered at the meeting, to all persons resident in Australia whose names are entered in the Postal List as prescribed in Clause 6 and who areâ€”

(a) subscribing members of Convocation as identified by the Council; or

(b) members of Convocation who have attended an Ordinary or Special Meeting during a period to be agreed by Senate on the recommendation of Council; or

(c) members of Convocation who have cast a vote in an election for Senate in accordance with the provisions of Statute 12, or for Warden, Deputy Warden or Council of Convocation in accordance with the provisions of this Statute, during a period to be agreed by Senate on the recommendation of Council; or

(d) members identified by the Council as persons who have expressed an interest in Convocation.

(3) Notwithstanding sub-clause (2), the Warden may direct that the printed notice stating the matters to be considered at a meeting be sent by mail to all persons resident in Australia whose names are entered in the Postal List as prescribed in Clause 6.

(4) Where there is to be a contested election of Warden, Deputy Warden or of members of the Council in any year the notice of the March Ordinary Meeting of Convocation in that year shall be accompanied by the voting papers and envelopes as hereinunder mentioned.

19. At any Ordinary or Special Meeting of Convocation 25 members shall constitute a quorum.

20.(1) If at the expiration of 30 minutes from the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not present then if the meeting is a Special Meeting it shall lapse but if it is an Ordinary Meeting it shall stand adjourned for 14 days at the same hour and place and notice of such adjournment shall be given by the Convocation Officer by advertisement within seven days in one daily or weekly newspaper published in Perth.

(2) If at any adjourned meeting there is no quorum present within 30 minutes from the time appointed for the holding thereof the meeting shall lapse.

21.(1) At Ordinary Meetings and Special Meetings all questions shall be resolved by a simple majority of members' votes validly cast, except where otherwise provided for in this Statute.

(2) At each meeting the chairman has a vote and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman has a second or casting vote.

22. Convocation may by motion adjourn any meeting or may adjourn any debate or matter to a future meeting.

23. A record of all the proceedings at Ordinary and Special Meetings of Convocation, and at ordinary and special meetings of the Council shall be kept by the Convocation Officer, and such minutes or records of proceedings for the meetings shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any member of Convocation.

24.(1) At all meetings of Convocation the Warden shall be chairman, except thatâ€”

(2) in the absence of the Warden the Deputy Warden shall be chairman, and that

(3) in the absence of the Warden and Deputy Warden a chairman shall be elected by the members present.

25. All matters relating to the election of Warden and Deputy Warden and members of the Council of Convocation shall take precedence over other business at the March Ordinary meeting in each year.

26.(1) The order of business at an Ordinary Meeting shall subject to Clauses 25 and 27 be as follows:

(a) the reading or circulation of the minutes of the previous meeting to those present;

(b) motions for confirmation and signature of the minutes or for amendment of the minutes and for confirmation and signature of the minutes as amended;

(c) business arising out of the minutes;

(d) correspondence;

(e) business adjourned from a previous meeting;

(f) reports of Committees;

(g) statutes;

(h) matters referred to Convocation by the Senate;

(i) motions on the notice paper;

(j) other business.

(2) The order of business at a Special Meeting shall subject to Clause 27 be the confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting, the business specified in the requisition if any, and such urgent business as the Warden directs to be set down in the notice paper but no other business.

27. The regular order of business may be suspended at any meeting by motion approved by a two-thirds majority of the members present.

CONSIDERATION OF STATUTES

28.(1) The draft of every proposed statute or amendment to a statute as passed by Senate shall first be submitted to the Council for its consideration.

(2) The Council shall consult as widely as is necessary or practical to understand the views of the University community with respect to each submitted proposed statute or amendment to a statute.

(3) After consultation the Council shall, within the provisions of Section 31(2) of the University of Western Australia Act 1911, in respect of each proposal to insert, delete or amend a statuteâ€”

(a) return the draft proposal to the Senate with reasons supporting its rejection or amendment; or

(b) submit the proposal to a meeting of Convocation with a recommendation thatâ€”

(i) the proposal be accepted without change; or

(ii) the proposal be amended, in which case the Council shall present its amendments for consideration; or

(iii) the proposal be rejected.

29.(1) The draft of every proposed statute or amendment to a statute submitted to an Ordinary or Special Meeting of Convocation shall be published in the notice sent to members in accordance with Clauses 18(2) and 18(3).

(2) Any alterations recommended by the Council shall also be published in the notice.

(3) The Council shall not submit to an Ordinary or Special Meeting of Convocation any alterations to a proposed statute or amendment to a statute which have not been published in accordance with Clauses 18(2), 18(3) and 29(2).

30. The order of procedure on a proposed statute or amendment to a statute shall subject to Clauses 31 be as follows:

(a) reception of the statute or amendment to a statute; and

(b) the consideration of motions to adopt, amend or reject the submitted statute or amendment to a statute.

31.(1) A motion to adopt, amend or reject the proposed statute or amendment to a statute may be amended to propose the referral to the Committee of the Whole or to a Select Committee.

(2) All amendments to a proposed statute shall be relevant to the subject matter thereof. Except by permission of two-thirds of the members present a motion to alter a proposed statute or amendment to a statute shall not be considered at a meeting of Convocation unless at least five days' prior written notice has been given to the Convocation Officer who shall have immediately informed the Warden.

(3) The chairman may declare any amendment irrelevant.

(4) A motion to dissent from the chairman's declaration may thereupon be proposed and if seconded shall take precedence over other business but shall not be deemed to have been passed unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the members present.

32.(1) All notices of motion must be in writing and duly signed by the originator.

(2) Notices must be addressed to the Convocation Officer and except as provided for in Clause 31(2) must reach the Convocation Officer at least 42 days before the day of the meeting.

(3) A notice of motion may be given by one member on behalf of another.

(4) No motion or other matter shall be considered at a meeting unless the subject with which it deals appears on the notice paper of such meeting or unless two-thirds of those present agree to discuss the subject at the meeting but in no case shall a vote be taken on such motion or matter at that meeting.

STANDING ORDERS OF DEBATE

33.(1) Every question shall be decided on the voices or show of hands unless at least five members demand a ballot.

(2) A ballot shall be taken in such a manner as the chairman shall direct.

(3) When a question has been decided by a show of hands any member may require the number of votes for and against to be recorded in the minutes.

34. Whenever the chairman rises during a debate any member then speaking or offering to speak shall sit down and the chairman shall be heard without interruption.

35. The chairman if deciding to take part in a debate shall vacate the chair and shall call upon a member to act as chairman.

36. Any member desiring to speak shall stand and address the chair.

37. When two or more members rise to speak the chairman shall call upon the member who first rose.

38.(1) A member may at any time move that the strict order of debate be observed.

(2) Such motion shall be put to the vote without debate and if it is carried no member without the permission of the chairman shall speak twice during the debate except that the mover of the original motion may reply and that on an amendment being lost the member who proposed such amendment may propose further amendments.

(3) A member who claims to have been misrepresented or misunderstood shall be allowed to explain immediately before the proposer of the original motion replies.

(4) When an amendment becomes the motion it shall be open for discussion as if it were an original motion.

39. A reply shall be allowed to a member who has proposed a motion but not to any member who has proposed an amendment except the member who proposed an amendment which has become the motion.

40. No member may speak to any question if it has been put by the chairman and the meeting has voted thereon.

41. In the absence of a member who has given notice of motion any member present may propose such a motion if written authority to do so has been received from the member who gave such notice.

42. A motion may be amended or withdrawn by the proposer with leave of the meeting.

43. When an amendment is proposed to omit certain words the chairman shall put the question 'that such words be omitted'.

44. When an amendment is proposed to insert or add certain words the chairman shall put the question 'that such words be inserted' or 'that such words be added'.

45. When an amendment is proposed to omit certain words and to substitute or add others the chairman shall first put the question 'that such words be omitted' and if that question is rejected the amendment shall lapse but if it is approved then the chairman shall put the further question 'that such other words be inserted' or 'added' as may be required.

46. Any member proposing an amendment may be required by the chairman to put it in writing.

47. Any motion or amendment which is not seconded shall not be discussed and no entry thereof shall be made in the minutes.

48. When amendments have been proposed and defeated or withdrawn the motion shall be put as originally proposed.

49.(1) A motion may be supersededâ€”

(a) by a motion that 'Convocation proceed to the next business';

(b) by a motion that 'Convocation adjourn'.

(2) Such motion if seconded shall be put forthwith.

50.(1) A debate may be closed by a motion 'that the question be now put' being proposed, seconded and carried.

(2) After such a motion has been seconded it shall be put forthwith without amendment or debate but shall not be deemed to have been carried unless two-thirds of the members present vote for it.

51. Notice of motion to rescind any decision of Convocation must be given in writing in accordance with Clause 32 and no such motion shall be carried unless two-thirds of the members present have voted for it.

52. If at an Ordinary or Special Meeting or an adjourned meeting a question arises for which no provision is made by these Standing Orders as defined by Clauses 16 to 51 the decision of the chairman thereon shall be final.

53. These Standing Orders as defined by Clauses 16 to 51 or any of them except Clauses 28, 29 and 32 may be suspended for the time being on a motion proposed with or without notice but no such motion shall be carried unless two-thirds of the members present have voted for it.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

54. A Committee of the Whole may be appointed by the passing of a motion 'that Convocation do now resolve itself into Committee of the Whole'.

55. The Warden has the right to be chairman of the Committee of the Whole but if unwilling the Warden may request another member be voted to the chair.

56. A member may speak more than once on any question.

57. Motions and amendments thereto need not be seconded.

58. The chairman shall have a vote and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman has a second or casting vote.

Part V: Finance

59. The Council of Convocation may receive and disburse such money as may be given to Convocation and subject as hereinafter appears it may disburse such money in such manner as the Council shall think fit.

60.(1) All money received by Convocation shall be paid by it—

(a) to the Convocation Reserve Fund; or

(b) to the Convocation General Purposes Fund; or

(c) to such other fund or funds as the Council may decide.

(2) An audited copy of an Annual Statement of Accounts and Annual Statement of Income and Expenditure shall be presented to the September Ordinary Meeting of Convocation each year.

61.(1) At least one half of all interest earned by the Convocation Reserve Fund and the Convocation General Purpose Fund in any year shall be placed at the end of that year to the credit of the Convocation Reserve Fund. The remaining portion of the interest so earned shall be placed to the credit of the Convocation General Purpose Fund.

(2) Disbursements shall be made from the Convocation Reserve Fund only with the prior approval of a two-thirds majority of those present at a meeting of Convocation to which notice of the proposed disbursement has been given in the notice calling the meeting.

Part VI: Election of Warden, Deputy Warden and Members of the Council of Convocation

62.(1) At least 60 days before the date of the March Ordinary Meeting of Convocation in each year a notice calling for nominations for election of Warden and Deputy Warden, and for election to the Council, shall be inserted in one University publication and in one daily or weekly newspaper published in Perth, and shall be exhibited at the University.

(2) The notice shall containâ€”

(a) particulars of the number of vacancies to be filled;

(b) notification of the date on which nominations close, which date shall be at least 42 days before the date fixed for the March Ordinary Meeting of Convocation;

(c) information that nomination forms are available upon application to the Convocation Officer.

63. A member of Convocation seeking election as Warden or Deputy Warden or election to the Council shall on or before the date on which nominations close deliver to the Convocation Officer a nomination form signed by the candidate and by two other members of Convocation, and containing particulars ofâ€”

(a) the year of the candidate's admission to Convocation; and

(b) the candidate's qualifications for membership under Section 17(1) of the University of Western Australia Act 1911.

64.(1) A member of Convocation seeking election as Warden or Deputy Warden or election to the Council may submit to the Convocation Officer before the close of nominations a short biography not exceeding 250 words in length containing all or any of the following particulars of that member:

(a) degree or degrees, date of graduation, and other professional qualifications;

(b) profession or position;

(c) details of work on bodies connected or associated with the University;

(d) prizes won, publications issued and research done;

(e) service whether in war or peace to the community or any section of it and positions held by the candidate in connection therewith;

(f) such other particulars as the candidate shall deem fit.

(2) If an election is required the biography of each candidate for election shall be submitted to the Vice-Chancellor who may delete any matter therein which is deemed to be offensive or untrue.

(3) Before exercising the power to delete any matter from a biography the Vice-Chancellor shall if possible consult the candidate concerned.

65. If within the prescribed period the number of valid nominations delivered to the Convocation Officer is equal to or less than the number of vacancies the candidates so nominated shall at the March Ordinary Meeting of Convocation be declared by the chairman to be elected, and where the number is less than the number of vacancies nominations for election to the remaining vacancies shall be called for by the chairman at the meeting and the election shall be conducted in accordance with provisions in this Statute.

66.(1) If within the prescribed period the number of valid nominations for Warden of Convocation delivered to the Convocation Officer exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled the Convocation Officer shall not later than 28 days before the date of the meeting send by post to each member whose name is entered in the Postal Listâ€”

(a) a voting paper;

(b) an envelope that is marked â€˜Voting paperâ€”Election of Warden of Convocationâ€™; and

(c) a reply paid envelope on the back of which is printed a form of declaration. Upon this envelope there shall be written or printed the address of the Convocation Officer and the words 'Election of Warden of Convocation'. The declaration shall be in the following form:

I declare that I am a member of Convocation of The University of Western Australia and that I have not previously voted at this election.

Signature .......................................................................

Full name (Block letters)Â .............................................

(d) the particulars of each candidate if available, including the year of the candidate's admission to Convocation, qualifications for membership under Section 17(1) of the University of Western Australia Act 1911, whether the candidate is a current office-bearer seeking re-election, and the names of the two persons signing the candidate's nomination form;

(e) the biography of each candidate if provided; and

(f) notification that the closing time and date for the receipt of voting papers is 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in March of that year.

(2) The provisions of sub-clause 66(1) shall mutatis mutandis apply to the election of Deputy Warden and election to the Council of Convocation as if the words 'Deputy Warden' or 'member of the Council' appeared therein in place of the word 'Warden' appearing therein.

(3) All voting papers and envelopes addressed to members resident outside Australia shall be forwarded to the addressee by airmail.

(4) Upon being satisfied that a voting paper or either or both envelopes have been accidentally lost or destroyed, the Convocation Officer shall on application being made supply another voting paper or envelopes or both as applicable.

(5) On the voting paper shall be printed or typed the names of the candidates in alphabetical order, and the number of vacancies to be filled.

67.(1) In the election of Warden and Deputy Warden a voter shall indicate on the voting paper the order of his or her preference by placing numbers consecutively starting with the number '1' opposite the names of all candidates.

(2) A voting paper is invalid and excluded from the count ifâ€”

(a) the voting paper which is received by the Convocation Officer is not contained in sealed envelopes with a signed declaration in the form specified in Clause 66(1)(c);

(b) the name of any candidate is left unnumbered, provided that in the case of a voting paper on which one name is left unnumbered the appropriate number shall be inserted by the Convocation Officer if it is the last number in sequence and that voting paper shall thereupon be valid, subject to being not invalid for any other reason; or

(c) the paper bears the signature of any person or any other mark which identifies the voter.

68.(1) In the election of the members of the Council a voter shall exercise a vote by striking out the names of as many of the non-preferred candidates as exceed the number of vacancies to be filled.

(2) A voting paper is invalid and excluded from the count ifâ€”

(a) the voting paper which is received by the Convocation Officer is not contained in sealed envelopes with a signed declaration in the form specified in Clause 66(1)(c); or

(b) the voter has struck out more or fewer names than required in terms of (1); or

(c) the paper bears the signature of any person or any other mark which identifies the voter.

(3) Those candidates up to the total number of vacancies to be filled who have the least number of votes against them as indicated by the striking out of their names shall at the March Ordinary Meeting of Convocation be declared by the chairman to be elected.

(4) At the annual election precedence shall be given to filling the vacancies with longer terms to run and the terms of office to be held by successful candidates shall be decided if necessary by the drawing of lots by the Convocation Officer.

69.(1) Each voter shallâ€”

(a) place his or her voting paper without any other matter in the envelope provided for that purpose by the Convocation Officer;

(b) seal the envelope and place it in the envelope addressed to the Convocation Officer; and

(c) sign the declaration on the envelope addressed to the Convocation Officer and post or deliver the envelope to the Convocation Officer.

(2) All voting papers received by the Convocation Officer by 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in March shall if otherwise valid be counted at the scrutiny.

(3) The Convocation Officer shall from time to time (as decided by the Convocation Officer)â€”

(a) open or cause to be opened each envelope in respect of which the declaration has been signed;

(b) check or cause to be checked the names appearing on the declarations with the Postal List of members of Convocation;

(c) place or cause to be placed the envelopes unopened in a sealed ballot box; provided that if there is any doubt as to the genuineness of any signature the Vice-Chancellor shall examine the disputed signature and decide whether or not it is genuine. Such decision by the Vice-Chancellor shall be final.

(4) All envelopes containing the voting papers shall be kept by the Convocation Officer unopened until the count of votes takes place at such a time and place as fixed by the Warden in sub-clause (5).

(5) The Convocation Officer shall open or cause to be opened the voting papers and count or cause to be counted the votes in accordance with the method prescribed in Statute 12 on such a day and at such time as decided by the Warden, provided such a day is at least 24 hours preceding the date fixed for the March Ordinary Meeting.

(6) Each candidate for election may nominate a scrutineer to be present at the count of the votes. The Warden may appoint one or more general scrutineers as well as a scrutineer on behalf of any candidate who has not appointed one.

(7) In the event of an equality of votes being cast in favour of two or more candidates of whom at least one must be elected to a vacancy in accordance with the foregoing provisions and there being more of such candidates than remaining vacancies to be filled, the Warden shall by casting vote determine which shall be elected.

(8) The Warden shall subject to the provisions herein contained determine conclusively all questions of detail concerning the election.

70.(1) If within the prescribed period the number of valid nominations delivered to the Convocation Officer is less than the number of vacancies, the Convocation Officer shall inform the chairman of the March Ordinary Meeting during that meeting and thereupon any member of Convocation who is present at that meeting or who has consented in writing to be nominated and for whom such consent has been handed to the chairman may be nominated at the meeting and shall be eligible for election.

(2) If the number of candidates so nominated at the meeting equals the number of vacancies those candidates are deemed to have been elected.

(3) If more candidates are nominated at the meeting than the number of vacancies the names of all candidates shall be written in alphabetical order on voting papers one of which shall be handed to each member present who shall vote in the manner prescribed by Clause 68(1).

(4) After the voting papers have been collected a count shall be conducted in accordance with the method prescribed in Statute 12.

(5) The provisions of Clauses 67(2)(b),(c) and 68(2)(b),(c) shall apply equally to an election under this clause.

(6) The result of every count of votes conducted under Clauses (3), (4) and (5) shall be reported by the Convocation Officer to the chairman of the meeting who shall thereupon declare the names of the duly elected candidates.

(7) Immediately upon the completion of the count of voting papers these shall be placed by the Convocation Officer in a sealed container and shall be held by him for 14 days at the expiration of which time they shall be destroyed by the Convocation Officer unless otherwise directed by the Vice-Chancellor.

71.(1) The election of a Warden shall be declared at the March Ordinary Meeting in each year.

(2) The election of the Deputy Warden shall be declared at the March Ordinary Meeting in each year and shall occur immediately following the declaration of election of Warden.

(3) The election of candidates to the Council of Convocation shall be declared at the March Ordinary Meeting in each year and shall occur immediately following the declaration of election of Deputy Warden.

72.(1) A candidate who has been elected unopposed as Warden or Deputy Warden or who is declared to have been duly elected as Warden or Deputy Warden after a contested election shall enter upon the duties of such office at the close of the meeting at which the election was declared and shall retain office until the close of the meeting at which a due successor is declared.

(2) A member of Convocation may nominate for election as Warden and also for election as Deputy Warden. If a person who so nominates is elected as Warden then in the election of Deputy Warden such person's name is deemed to have been erased from each voting paper for the election of Deputy Warden and the names which remain to have been renumbered with the figures '1', '2', '3', '4' etc. according to the order in which they stand in the voter's order of preference.

(3) A member of Convocation may stand for election to the Council and also for election as Warden or Deputy Warden or both. If a person who so stands is elected as Warden or Deputy Warden or both then in the election of the Council members such person's name is deemed to have been erased from each voting paper for the election of the Council.

ELECTIONS TO FILL CASUAL VACANCIES

73. Any vacancy which occurs in the office of Warden shall be filled in accordance with Section 21 of the University of Western Australia Act 1911 within three months of the vacancy and the election shall in all respects except for the period of notice be conducted according to the provisions in this Statute.

74.(1) Any vacancy which occurs in the office of Deputy Warden from any cause whatsoever except annual retirement shall be filled as it occurs by election by the Council of Convocation held at the meeting of the Council next following the expiry of 14 days from the occurrence of the vacancy.

(2) The notice of the meeting shall state that the election is to be held at the meeting.

(3) Any member of Convocation who is present at that meeting or who has consented in writing to be nominated and such consent has been handed to the chairman may be nominated at the meeting by a member of the Council of Convocation and is eligible for election.

(4) If only one candidate is so nominated he or she is deemed to have been elected.

(5) If more than one candidate is so nominated the names of all the candidates shall be written in alphabetical order on voting papers one of which shall be handed to each member of the Council present who shall vote in the manner prescribed for the election of Warden.

(6) After the voting papers have been collected a count shall be conducted by the Warden and the Convocation Officer in the manner prescribed for the election of Warden and the Warden shall thereupon declare the name of the candidate who has been duly elected as Deputy Warden for the remainder of the year.

75.(1) The election of members to fill casual vacancies on the Council shall be determined by the Council.

(2) Every candidate for election shall be proposed and seconded by a member of Convocation.

(3) If there are no more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled the chairman shall declare the persons nominated to have been duly elected.

(4) If there are more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled an election shall forthwith be held in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) the election shall be conducted by secret ballot and for this purpose the members of the Council present shall be given a voting paper bearing the names of the candidates in alphabetical order of surnames;

(b) a member shall exercise a vote by striking out the names of as many of the candidates as exceed the number of vacancies to be filled;

(c) the Warden may appoint one or more scrutineers;

(d) a voting paper is invalid and excluded from the count ifâ€”

(i) the voter has struck out more or fewer names than required in terms of (b); or

(ii) the paper bears the signature of any person or any other mark which identifies the voter;

(e) the candidates shall be declared elected in the order of total votes polled by them with precedence given to filling the vacancies with the longer terms to run until all the vacancies are filled;