23LFilling vacancy in office of councillor or delegate

23L Filling vacancy in office of councillor or delegate

23L Filling vacancy in office of councillor or delegate

(1) If the office of a councillor or delegate becomes vacant (otherwise than by the expiration of a term of office), a person is, subject to this Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy in accordance with the procedures under the constitution.

(2) A councillor or delegate appointed under subsection (1):

(a) must be a person who is eligible under this Part to be elected as a councillor or delegate for the electorate in which the vacancy has occurred, and

(b) holds office as a councillor or delegate during the unexpired term of the vacated office.

ss 23I–23M: Ins 2014 No 12, Sch 1 [7].