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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Auckland Council - Local boards

11AAC: What happens if a person is elected to more than 1 local board

You could also call this:

"If you're elected to more than one local board, you can only be on the most important one."

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If you are elected to more than one local board, a special rule applies. You will be treated as having given up your position on any local board that is ranked lower than another one you were elected to, according to the notice given under section 11AAB(3). This means you can only be a member of the local board that is ranked higher.

If you have to give up a position, some rules from the Local Electoral Act 2001 will apply, such as sections 88B to 88E. These rules will help sort out what happens to the position you gave up, similar to what happens when someone gives up a position under section 88A(2) of that Act.

You will still be a member of the local board that is ranked higher, according to the notice given under section 11AAB(3), and the rules from the Local Electoral Act 2001 will apply to the position you gave up.

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11AACWhat happens if a person is elected to more than 1 local board

  1. This section applies if—

  2. section 11AAB(3) applies; and
    1. a person is declared to be elected to more than 1 local board (and remains so elected despite any recount under section 92 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 or petition under section 93 of that Act).

      1. The person declared to be elected must be treated as having vacated office as a member of any local board that is ranked lower, in the notice given under section 11AAB(3), than another local board to which he or she is declared elected.

      2. Sections 88B to 88E of the Local Electoral Act 2001 apply, with any necessary modifications, to any office treated as vacated under subsection (2) as if that office were treated as vacated under section 88A(2) of that Act.

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      Notes
      • Section 11AAC: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 19).