Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Candidacy

58: Candidacy for both regional council and constituent authority prohibited

You could also call this:

"You can't run for both a regional council and a local board at the same time."

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You cannot be a candidate for a regional council and a constituent authority at the same time. A constituent authority is a territorial authority, local board, or community board in a region. If you are already a member of a constituent authority, you cannot be a candidate for the regional council, and if you are a member of the regional council, you cannot be a candidate for a constituent authority. You can find more information about this rule by looking at the Local Government Act. This rule does not apply if there is a general election for both the regional council and the constituent authority at the same time. If you want to be a candidate for one of these, you need to choose which one you want to stand for. The rules about being a candidate are important to follow, and you should understand what a constituent authority is before you decide to stand for election.

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57B: Candidacy for ward and membership at large prohibited, or

"You can't run for a local ward and the whole district at the same time."

58AA: Prohibition on candidacy for local board, or

"Some people can't stand for a local board, like those already on a unitary authority."

Part 3Conduct of elections and polls
Candidacy

58Candidacy for both regional council and constituent authority prohibited

In this section,—
constituent authority, in relation to any region, means—
1. a territorial authority having jurisdiction over a constituent district; or
2. a local board for a local board area that is wholly or partly within the region; or
3. a community board for a community that is wholly or partly within the region
member, in relation to a constituent authority, includes a mayor.
No person may, at the same time, be both a candidate for election to a regional council for a region and a candidate for election to a constituent authority of that region.
No member of a constituent authority of a region may be a candidate for election to the regional council for the region.
No member of a regional council for a region may be a candidate for election to a constituent authority of that region.
Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply if a general election of members of the regional council of a region is to be held concurrently with a general election of members of a constituent authority of that region.

Compare

1974 No 66 s 101GA

Notes

Section 58(1) constituent authority paragraph (aa): inserted, on 8 August 2014, by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).