CITY OF MELBOURNE ACT 2001 - SECT 16 Candidates may only stand for one position
CITY OF MELBOURNE ACT 2001 - SECT 16
Candidates may only stand for one position(1) A person who is a candidate for election as the Lord Mayor or the Deputy Lord Mayor is not eligible to be a candidate for election as a Councillor if the elections are to be conducted at the same time.
S. 16(2) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 347.
(2) If a person has nominated as a candidate for election as Lord Mayor or Deputy Lord Mayor and also for election as a Councillor at an election that is to be conducted at the same time as the other election, the election manager must reject any notice of candidature in relation to the person other than the first valid notice of candidature received by the election manager.
(3) This section does not prevent a Councillor nominating as a candidate for election as the Lord Mayor or the Deputy Lord Mayor at a by-election for either of those offices, nor does it require that a Councillor resign from office if he or she is a candidate for either of those offices at a by‑election.
(4) If a Councillor is elected as the Lord Mayor or Deputy Lord Mayor at a by-election, the Councillor goes out of office as a Councillor referred to in section 6(1)(c) on the declaration of the result of the by-election.
S. 17 repealed by No. 74/2011 s. 5.
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S. 18 amended by Nos 109/2003 s. 104(a), 74/2011 s. 6, substituted by No. 9/2020 s. 348.