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Local Electoral Act 2001

Term of elected members and extraordinary vacancies - Term of membership of elected members

115: When members come into office

You could also call this:

"When New Members Officially Start Their Job"

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You come into office as a member when you are declared elected. This happens the day after the official election result is announced publicly under section 86. If you are appointed to fill a vacancy, you come into office at the time you are appointed.

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Part 6Term of elected members and extraordinary vacancies
Term of membership of elected members

115When members come into office

  1. A candidate who is declared to be elected comes into office on the day after the day on which the official result of the election is declared by public notice under section 86.

  2. Repealed

  3. A person appointed to fill an extraordinary vacancy comes into office at the time of his or her appointment.

Notes
  • Section 115(1): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Local Government Regulatory Systems Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 6).
  • Section 115(2): repealed, on , by section 38 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).