(1)  Any person elected as councillor must make a prescribed declaration in a prescribed manner.

(2)  A person elected as a councillor who has not made a declaration must not–

(a) act in the office of councillor, mayor or deputy mayor; or

(b) take part in the proceedings of any meeting of the council or a committee.

(3)  A council is to acknowledge the making of a declaration at its meeting and the general manager is to record that fact in the minutes of that meeting.