LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 160 When a councillor’s term ends

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 160

160 When a councillor’s term ends

A councillor’s term ends—

(a) if the councillor is elected at a quadrennial election or at a fresh election—at the conclusion of the next quadrennial election; or

(b) if the councillor is elected at a fresh election and a declaration is also made under a regulation under section 160A —at the conclusion of the quadrennial election after the next quadrennial election; or

(c) if the councillor is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of another councillor—at the end of the other councillor’s term; or

(d) when the councillor’s office becomes otherwise vacant.

Note—

See section 162 for an explanation of when this happens.