26When is a Mayor to be elected?

26 When is a Mayor to be elected? (1) A Mayor is to be elected no later than one month after the date of a general election. (2) The Mayor of the Greater Geelong City Council must be elected for a 2 year term. (3) Before the election of the Mayor, a Council, other than the Greater Geelong City Council, must determine by resolution whether the Mayor is to be elected for a 1 year or a 2 year term. (4) If the Mayor is elected for a 1 year term, the next election of the Mayor must be held on a day to be determined by the Council that is as close to the end of the 1 year term as is reasonably practicable. (5) If the Mayor is to be elected for a 2 year term, the next election of the Mayor must be held on a day to be determined by the Council that is as close to the end of the 2 year term as is reasonably practicable. (6) A Mayor is to be elected within one month after any vacancy in the office of Mayor occurs. (7) The election of a Mayor after the period specified in this section does not invalidate the election. (8) A Councillor elected to fill a vacancy in the office of Mayor caused other than by the expiration of a one year or a 2 year term serves the remaining period of the previous Mayor's term.