(1)  Elections to elect a member or members of a Council are to be –

(a) conducted by the Chief Electoral Officer or a Returning Officer appointed or approved for the purpose by the Chief Electoral Officer; and

(b) supervised by the Chief Electoral Officer.

(2)  Regulations made under section 109 for or in relation to the election of a member or members of a Council may, without limiting the generality of that section –

(a) specify which persons or class of persons are eligible to stand as candidates, and to vote, in the election; and

(b) authorise the Minister to appoint persons to fill casual vacancies in cases where it is not possible or appropriate to fill such vacancies by recount, further election or other electoral means; and

(c) provide for the cost of elections to be met by specified persons or bodies; and

(d) provide for disputed returns and for the resolution of such disputes; and

(e) stipulate when the terms of office of elected persons begin or end; and

(f) authorise any matter relating to the election to be determined, applied or regulated by the Chief Electoral Officer or Returning Officer.

(3)  In this section –

Chief Electoral Officer means the Chief Electoral Officer within the meaning of the Electoral Act 1985 .