Local Government Act 1993
275Who is disqualified from holding civic office?
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275 Who is disqualified from holding civic office?
275 Who is disqualified from holding civic office?
(1) A person is disqualified from holding civic office—
(a) while disqualified from being an elector, or
(a1) while a member of the Parliament of New South Wales, except as provided by subsections (5) and (7), or
(b) while a judge of any court of the State or the Commonwealth, or
(c) while serving a sentence (including a sentence the subject of an intensive correction order) for a serious indictable offence or any other offence, except a sentence imposed for a failure to pay a fine, or
(d) if he or she is while holding that office, or has been within 2 years before nomination for election, election or appointment to the office, convicted of an offence under the regulations made for the purposes of section 748(3), or
(e) if he or she is while holding that office, or has been within 7 years before nomination for election, election or appointment to the office, convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 5 years or more, or convicted in another State or Territory, or under a law of the Commonwealth, of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or
(e1) if he or she is while holding that office, or has been within 2 years before nomination for election, election or appointment to the office, convicted of an offence under the Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 or the Electoral Funding Act 2018 that is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more, or
(f) while a surcharge, payable by the person under Part 5 of Chapter 13 and not paid within 6 months after it became payable, remains unpaid, or
(g) while disqualified from holding a civic office under a provision of this Act or Part 4A of the Crimes Act 1900 (Corruptly receiving commissions and other corrupt practices), or
(h) while disqualified from managing a corporation under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.