New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 283

283 Double candidature

(1) A person may be a candidate for election as mayor and a candidate for election as a councillor at the same time.

(2) If a person is elected by the electors as mayor and the person is also a candidate for election as a councillor, the votes cast for the person as a councillor are not to be counted for that person but are to be distributed as prescribed by the regulations.