New Zealand Acts

GREYTOWN DISTRICT TRUST LANDS ACT 1979 - SECT 10

10 Extraordinary vacancies

1 In the event of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of a member occurring not less than 6 months before the date on which such member is due to retire from office pursuant to section 7 , the Trust Board shall, by resolution, appoint a person qualified to be elected as a member to fill the vacancy.

2 In the event of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of a member occurring less than 6 months before the date on which such member is due to retire from office pursuant to section 7 , the Trust Board may, by resolution, either appoint a person qualified to be elected as a member to fill the vacancy, or determine that the vacancy shall not be filled.

3 Subject to sections 8 and 9 , every person appointed by the Trust Board to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the office of member shall hold office only until the date on which his predecessor (the member whose vacation of office has caused the extraordinary vacancy) would, if he had so long continued to hold office, have been due to retire from office pursuant to section 7 .

4 Every resolution of the Trust Board under this section shall have effect according to its tenor, anything to the contrary in the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 notwithstanding.