(1)  A council must hold an elector poll if –

(a) a petition requesting the elector poll is received within 30 days after a public meeting is held under section 59 in relation to the same subject matter as that contained in the petition requesting that public meeting; and

(b) the petition is signed by at least 5% of the electors in the municipal area or 1 000 of those electors, whichever is the lesser; and

(c) the petition complies with section 57(2) .

(2)  If –

(a) the person who lodged the petition agrees to an elector poll being held in conjunction with the next ordinary election; or

(b) a petition requesting an elector poll is received within 60 days before the notice of election for the next ordinary election –

the elector poll may be held in conjunction with that next ordinary election.