LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 152 Qualifications of councillors

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 152

152 Qualifications of councillors

A person is qualified to be a councillor of a local government only if the person—

(a) is an adult Australian citizen; and

(b) resides in the local government’s area; and

(c) is enrolled on an electoral roll kept under the Electoral Act , section 58 ; and

(d) is not disqualified from being a councillor because of a section in this division.

Note—

See the Local Government Electoral Act 2011 , section 26 about who may be nominated as a candidate, or for appointment, as a councillor.