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Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Voting, processing, and counting of votes

88D: Application of provision relating to petition for inquiry

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"When to start a 21-day countdown after a new election result is announced"

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When a new result is declared, you need to know when a 21-day time period starts. This time period starts from the date of the new declaration for the person who is now elected to the local board or community board. The new declaration is made under sections like section 88B or section 88C, and the 21-day time period is mentioned in section 93(2).

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88DApplication of provision relating to petition for inquiry

  1. In every case to which section 88B or section 88C applies, the period of 21 days referred to in section 93(2) in respect of the person declared by that amended declaration to be elected as a member of the local board or community board begins to run from the date of the amended declaration.

Notes
  • Section 88D: inserted, on , by section 33 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).
  • Section 88D: amended, on , by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).