2014-01-13 Item 6.3 Appendices 1-5

Local Government {De-amalgamation impiementation) Regulation 2013
                                       Part 2 Elections for new local governments
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                  (ii)  a later day fixed by the Minister by gazette notice.                       |
       (4)   Without limiting subsection (1)—                                                      |
             (a)  a function or power conferred, or obligation imposed, on
                  a person under the Local Government Electoral Act in
                  relation to a quadrennial election for a local government
                   is conferred or imposed on the person in relation to the
                   new local government elections; and
             (b)   the Court of Disputed Returns may, under the Local
                   Government    Electoral  Act,   hear   and  decide   an
                   application to dispute the election of a person at a new
                   local government election; and
             (c)   the Court of Appeal may, under the Local Government
                   Electoral Act, hear and decide an appeal against a
                   decision of the court mentioned in paragraph (b).

9       Notice for elections
             As soon as practicable after the Minister fixes the day for the
             elections for a new local government, the returning officer
             must publish, in a newspaper circulating generally in the new
             local government area for the new local government and in the
             other   ways   that  the  returning   officer  may   consider
             appropriate, notice of—
             (a)   the day fixed; and
             (b)   the cut-off day for the voters roll for the elections.

10      Term of office
             The term of office of a person elected as the mayor or other
             councillor of a new local government—
             (a)   starts on the changeover day; and
             (b)   ends at the conclusion of the next quadrennial election
                   for the new local government.

Current as at 6 December 2013                                        Page 9