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CurrentDisqualification of government members and electoral candidates
Chapter 6Administration
Part 2Councillors
Division 1Qualifications of councillors
155 Disqualification of government members and electoral candidates
(1)
A person can not be a councillor while the person is a government member or electoral candidate.
(2)
A government member is—
(a)
a member of a Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State (including Queensland); or
(b)
a councillor of a local government of another State.
(3)
A person is an electoral candidate if, under the Electoral Act, section 93(3), the person becomes a candidate for an election of a member of the Legislative Assembly.
(4)
A person automatically stops being a councillor when the person becomes a government member or electoral candidate.
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