27. (1) Where a member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee who is a judge dies, retires or resigns from judicial office or resigns from the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee in accordance with subsection (4) of section 26 or ceases to be a member of that Committee under subsection (7) of that section, the vacancy so occasioned shall be filled by a judge nominated by the Chief Justice to be a member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee.

(2) Where a lay member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee dies, resigns from the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee in accordance with section 26(5), ceases to be a member of the Committee under section 24(5) or is removed from that Committee under section 26(8), the vacancy so occasioned shall be filled by a person appointed to be a lay member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee in the same manner as the member of the Committee who occasioned the vacancy was appointed.

(3) The term of office of a member of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee nominated in accordance with subsection (1), or appointed in accordance with subsection (2), shall be for the unexpired period of the term of membership of the member of the Committee whom he or she has replaced.

(4) A term of membership of the Sentencing Guidelines and Information Committee of any duration resulting from a nomination in accordance with subsection (1), or an appointment in accordance with subsection (2), shall be regarded as a term of membership for the purposes of section 26(3).