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Local Government Act 2009
sec.88Members of a community forum
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### sec.88 Members of a community forum
This section is about the members of a community forum.
A person is appointed as a member of a community forum (other than as chairperson)—
by a resolution of the indigenous regional council for the forum; and
under a merits based selection process conducted by the indigenous regional council for the forum after a call for expressions of interest in appointment is advertised—
on the indigenous regional council’s website; and
in other ways the council considers appropriate.
A person is not qualified to be appointed as a member if the person is the mayor of the indigenous regional council.
A person stops being a member if the person—
resigns by signed notice of resignation given to the indigenous regional council for the community forum; or
completes a term of office and is not re-appointed.
s 88 amd 2011 No. 27 s 269 ; 2023 No. 30 s 31
(sec.88-ssec.1) This section is about the members of a community forum.
(sec.88-ssec.2) A person is appointed as a member of a community forum (other than as chairperson)— by a resolution of the indigenous regional council for the forum; and under a merits based selection process conducted by the indigenous regional council for the forum after a call for expressions of interest in appointment is advertised— on the indigenous regional council’s website; and in other ways the council considers appropriate.
(sec.88-ssec.3) A person is not qualified to be appointed as a member if the person is the mayor of the indigenous regional council.
(sec.88-ssec.4) A person stops being a member if the person— resigns by signed notice of resignation given to the indigenous regional council for the community forum; or completes a term of office and is not re-appointed.
- (a) by a resolution of the indigenous regional council for the forum; and
- (b) under a merits based selection process conducted by the indigenous regional council for the forum after a call for expressions of interest in appointment is advertised— (i) on the indigenous regional council’s website; and (ii) in other ways the council considers appropriate.
- (i) on the indigenous regional council’s website; and
- (ii) in other ways the council considers appropriate.
- (i) on the indigenous regional council’s website; and
- (ii) in other ways the council considers appropriate.
- (a) resigns by signed notice of resignation given to the indigenous regional council for the community forum; or
- (b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed.