Filling particular vacancies in office of mayor
339 Filling particular vacancies in office of mayor
This section applies if—
during the relevant period, the office of mayor became vacant under former section 162; and
either of the following applies—
immediately before the commencement, the office had not been filled;
on the commencement, the office is taken, under section 338, to be vacant.
New chapter 6, part 2, division 3 applies for filling the vacant office.
However, despite new section 163(3), the local government must fill the vacant office within 2 months after the commencement.
Subsections (2) and (3) apply despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20.
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