Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009

14 Appointment of electoral officer for October 2010 triennial general elections

• (1) No later than 31 October 2009, the Transition Agency must appoint an electoral officer for Auckland to exercise the powers and carry out the duties conferred on an electoral officer by or under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and any other enactment in relation to the October 2010 triennial general elections.

  (2) For the purposes of this section, the electoral officer must exercise those powers and carry out those duties as if section 6 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 were in force and the Auckland Council were established.

  (3) For the purposes of the October 2010 triennial general elections,—

  • (a) the elections for the Auckland Council must be held using the electoral system commonly known as First Past the Post (as defined in section 5(1) of the Local Electoral Act 2001); and

  • (b) the members of the Auckland Council (other than the mayor) must be elected by the electors of each ward of Auckland (as those wards and the number of members for each ward are determined by the Local Government Commission under section 34(1)(d) of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 and given effect to by Order in Council under section 35 of that Act); and

  • (c) the election of members of the Waitakere and Portage Licensing Trusts must be held using the electoral system commonly known as First Past the Post (as defined in section 5(1) of the Local Electoral Act 2001).

  Section 14(1): amended, on 15 June 2010, by section 12(1) of the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 35).

  Section 14(2): amended, on 15 June 2010, by section 12(2) of the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 35).

  Section 14(3): added, on 23 September 2009, by section 39 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 (2009 No 32).

  Section 14(3)(a): amended, on 15 June 2010, by section 12(3) of the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 35).

  Section 14(3)(b): amended, on 15 June 2010, by section 12(4) of the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 35).

  Section 14(3)(c): added, on 15 June 2010, by section 12(4) of the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 35).