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Local Government Act 2002

Governance and management of local authorities and community boards - Local boards

48E: Membership of local boards

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“How people join and lead local boards”

The membership of a local board includes people you elect and sometimes people appointed by the governing body. You vote for most of the members according to the Local Electoral Act 2001. If a special order says so, the governing body can appoint some members too.

Every local board has a chairperson. The board members usually choose the chairperson from among themselves by voting. But sometimes, if a special order allows it, you might get to vote directly for the chairperson.

The way board members select their chairperson, if they do it themselves, follows special voting rules. These rules are explained in another part of the law.

Remember, the exact makeup of your local board might be different depending on special orders that apply to your area. These orders can change how members and the chairperson are chosen.

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Part 4 Governance and management of local authorities and community boards
Local boards

48EMembership of local boards

  1. The membership of a local board consists of—

  2. members elected in accordance with the Local Electoral Act 2001; and
    1. if an Order in Council under section 25 so provides, members appointed by the governing body in accordance with section 19EA(1)(c) of the Local Electoral Act 2001; and
      1. a chairperson—
        1. elected by the members of the local board from among themselves using one of the systems of voting set out in clause 25(3) and (4) of Schedule 7; or
          1. if an Order in Council under section 25 so provides, directly elected to that office by the electors of the local board area in accordance with section 19EB of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

          Notes
          • Section 48E: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).