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Outer Islands Local Government Amendment Act 2001

COOK ISLANDS

OUTER ISLANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Disqualification of membership of Island Councils
4. New section

2001, No. 4

An Act to amend the Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987

(17 April 2001

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Outer Islands Local Government Amendment Act 2001 and shall be read with and deemed part of the Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 ("the principal Act").

2. Interpretation

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by inserting in alphabetical order, the following new definition -

""Crown employee" for the purpose of this Act means a person who is a wage or salaried employee within the Public Service other than as mayor or who is an employee of a statutory corporation owned or controlled by the Crown;"

3. Disqualification of membership of Island Councils

Section 13(1) of the principal Act is amended by adding after paragraph (i), the following new paragraph -

"(j) being the mayor, remains or becomes a Crown employee contrary to section 13A."

4. New section

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 13, the following new section -

"13A. Mayor not to be Crown employee - (1) A person appointed as mayor under section 12(3) at the next mayoral election and any subsequent mayoral election after this Act shall come into force, shall not hold office as mayor and as a Crown employee concurrently.
(2) A person to whom subsection (1) applies, shall within 3 days of being appointed mayor, resign in writing as a Crown employee to the authority responsible for that person's employment as a Crown employee."

This Act is administered by the Office of the Minister for Island Administration

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: Printed under the authority of the Government of the Cook Islands - 2001