400VChairperson

#### 400V Chairperson 400V Chairperson > > (1) The chairperson of a joint organisation is the person elected to the office of chairperson by the voting representatives on the board from among the voting representatives who are mayors. > > > (2) The chairperson holds office for 2 years and may, if otherwise qualified, be re-elected as chairperson. > > > (3) Despite subsection (2), the term of office of a person elected as chairperson on the occurrence of a casual vacancy is the remaining period of the term of office of the previous chairperson. > > > (4) The office of chairperson— > > > > > (a) commences on the day the person elected to the office is declared to be elected, and > > > > > (b) becomes vacant on the earliest of the following— > > > > > > > (i) when the person’s successor is declared to be elected to the office, > > > > > > > (ii) on the occurrence of a casual vacancy in the office, > > > > > > > (iii) the polling day of the ordinary election of councillors of which the person is a councillor. > > > (5) The joint organisation may determine that the chairperson is to be a non-voting chairperson and, if that occurs, the relevant member council is to nominate a councillor to be the voting representative for the council concerned instead of the person appointed as a non-voting chairperson for the period for which the chairperson holds office. > > > (6) The councillor nominated is to be the deputy mayor of the relevant member council or another councillor if there is no deputy mayor or if the deputy mayor is already a voting representative. > > **s 400V:** Ins 2017 No 65, Sch 1 \[10\]. Am 2021 No 11, Sch 1.2\[5\].