LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.7

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.7

4.7 .         Ordinary elections day usually third Saturday in October

        (1)         The effect of section 4.6 is that —

            (a)         polls for ordinary elections to elect an elector mayor or president will be held on the third Saturday in October every 4 years; and

            (b)         polls for ordinary elections to elect councillors will be held on the third Saturday in October every 2 years.

        (2)         If in respect of a particular year in which ordinary elections are required to be held the Electoral Commissioner is of the opinion that it would not be in the public interest to hold polls for those ordinary elections on the third Saturday in October, the Electoral Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette , fix a later Saturday in October, or the first, second or third Saturday in November, to be the day for holding any polls needed for those ordinary elections.

        (3)         The election day can be deferred under subsection (2) —

            (a)         for all local governments; or

            (b)         for a local government or local governments specified in the notice; or

            (c)         for a class or classes of local governments specified in the notice.

        (4)         In the notice under subsection (2), or by a later notice in the Gazette , the Electoral Commissioner may adjust any time, period or date fixed under this Act to take account of the election day being deferred under subsection (2).

        [Section 4.7 amended: No. 66 of 2006 s. 6.]