Qualifications for membership of council
12 Qualifications for membership of council
A person is not qualified to become or remain a member of the council if the person—
is under 18 years old; or
is disqualified from managing corporations under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6 (Disqualification from managing corporations); or
is convicted, in the ACT, of an offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year; or
is convicted outside the ACT, in Australia or elsewhere, of an offence that, if it had been committed in the ACT, would be punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year.
Disqualification under subsection (1) (c) or (d) ends on the later of the following:
5 years after the date of the person’s conviction;
5 years after the date of the person’s release from prison.
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