Filling particular vacancies in office of another councillor generally
340 Filling particular vacancies in office of another councillor generally
This section applies if—
during the relevant period, the office of a councillor, other than the 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.
This section is subject to section 341.
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