9Term of Council members to which 2020 election relates and their successors

9 Term of Council members to which 2020 election relates and their successors

(1)  The term of office of a current Council member in relation to a Council division to which the 2020 election is to relate expires on the day on which there is publicly declared, under section 148 of the Electoral Act 2004 , the name of the candidate elected in relation to the Council division as a result of the 2020 election.

(2)  Before the next periodical election, after the 2020 election, for the office of a Council member in relation to a Council division to which the 2020 election relates, the term of office, in relation to the Council division, of a Council member in relation to that division –

(a) is to begin on the day on which the name of the person elected in relation to the Council division as a result of the 2020 election is declared, under section 148 of the Electoral Act 2004 , as the candidate elected in relation to the Council division as a result of the 2020 election; and

(b) expires on the day on which there is publicly declared, under section 148 of the Electoral Act 2004 , the name of the candidate elected in relation to the Council division as a result of the next Council election for the division after the 2020 election.