(1) This Division applies only in relation to an election in a region and the poll taken for such an election.

(2) Where in relation to an election in a region the relevant number is one and there are only 2 candidates, a reference in this Division and Schedule 1 to ¾

(a) the indication of an elector's first preference for a candidate, shall be read and construed as a reference to the indication of the candidate for whom the elector votes;

(b) first preference votes given for a candidate, shall be read and construed as a reference to votes given for the candidate.

[Section 146A inserted by No. 40 of 1987 s. 73.]