Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to this Act, an elected member shall hold office for the period that is determined in accordance with this section, but is eligible for re-election.
(2) If an elected member becomes 65 years old before the day his or her term of office would, apart from this subsection, end, his or her term of office shall end on the day he or she becomes 65 years old.
(3) The term of office of an elected member shall begin—
(a) if the member was elected at the first election of members—on a date to be determined by the Minister; and
(b) in any other case—
(i) on the day the member is declared elected; or
(ii) if that day occurs before the end of the term of office of the previously elected members—on the day after the end of that term.
(4) The term of office of an elected member shall end—
(a) 3 years after the day his or her term of office began; or
(b) if the member was elected at an election held immediately after an election in relation to which the number of candidates elected was less than the number of candidates required to be elected—on the day the term of office of a member who was elected at that lastmentioned election ends; or
(c) if the member was elected under the Election Act, part 6—on the day his or her term of office would have ended if he or she had been declared elected in accordance with that Act, section 12 (1) or 25 (1), as the case requires; or
(d) if the member was elected at an election held for the purpose of filling the office of a member that had become vacant because of the operation of subsection (2) or section 10 or 11—on the day the term of office of the other member would, apart from the operation of that subsection or section, as the case may be, have ended.