LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 164 Filling vacancy in office of mayor

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 164

164 Filling vacancy in office of mayor

A vacancy in the office of mayor must be filled by—

(a) if the office becomes vacant during the beginning or middle of the local government’s term—a by-election; or

(b) if the office becomes vacant during the final part of the local government’s term—the local government appointing, by resolution, another councillor to the office.