Queensland Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2007 No. 31 - SECT 22

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'(1) For 2008, and despite section 16(2), the date for the holding of the quadrennial election of the mayor and other councillors is 15 March 2008.

'(2) A different date for 2008 may be fixed by regulation under section 16(3).

'(1) The 2008 quadrennial elections of the mayor and other councillors must be conducted by the electoral commission under section 17A.

'(2) If the council does not enter into an agreement with the electoral commission under section 17A, the council and the electoral commission are taken, for section 17A, to have entered into an agreement in the terms the Minister directs.

'This division expires at the end of 31 December 2008, or at an earlier time fixed under a regulation.'.