Local Government Amendment Bill 2001* (Qld)

Queensland

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2001

Queensland

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page 1 Short title. 2... eee eens 4 2 Act amended ...... 0... 00. ec cee eens 4

3 Omission of s 224A (Councillor ceases to be councillor on becoming candidate for an Australian Parliament) ...............0 0.00 e eee eee 4 4 Amendment of s 298 (Qualification for nomination) ................-. 4 5 Insertion of news 299A 1... eee eee 4 299A Councillor must take leave to contest State election.............

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Local Government Act 1993

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Local Government Amendment Bill 2001

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Act 2001.

Act amended This Act amends the Local Government Act 1993.

Omission of s 224A (Councillor ceases to be councillor on becoming candidate for an Australian Parliament)

Section 224A—

omit.

Amendment of s 298 (Qualification for nomination) (1) Section 298(1), 'Subject to subsection (3), a'— omit, insert— (2) Section 298(3)— omit. (3) Section 298(4)—

renumber as section 298(3).

Insertion of new s 299A After section 299—

insert—

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'299A Councillor must take leave to contest State election

'(1) This section applies to a councillor who, under the Electoral Act

1992, section 88(3),! becomes a candidate for election as a member of the Legislative Assembly.

'(2) The councillor must take leave of absence for the period starting on the day the councillor becomes a candidate for the election and ending on the day the Electoral Commission is notified, under the Electoral Act 1992, section 122(1),? of the candidate elected for the electoral district for which the councillor is a candidate.