Clause 13

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) However, an individual is disqualified from being appointed under subsection (1) as, and must stop being, the secretary to a Town Council if the individual —

is appointed under section 38(1) as the auditor of the Town Council;

is or becomes the managing agent of the Town Council; or

is in a position to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management or operation of the business of the managing agent of the Town Council.(1B) The individual appointed as the secretary to a Town Council must, as soon as practicable after assuming the appointment, complete a declaration of acceptance of that appointment in the form prescribed by rules under section 57 and deliver the declaration to the Minister.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) However, an individual is disqualified from being appointed under subsection (2) as, and must cease to be, a relevant key officer of a Town Council if the individual —

is appointed under section 38(1) as the auditor of the Town Council;

is or becomes the managing agent of the Town Council; or

is in a position to exercise a significant influence over or with respect to the management or operation of the business of the managing agent of the Town Council.(4) The individual appointed as a relevant key officer of a Town Council must, as soon as practicable after assuming the appointment, complete a declaration of acceptance of that appointment in the form prescribed by rules under section 57 and deliver the declaration to the Minister.(5) In this section, “relevant key officer” means an individual occupying a position (however designated) of —

the general manager of the Town Council;

a finance manager of the Town Council; or

a deputy of the general manager or finance manager of the Town Council.”.