District Education Council elections
2000, c.52, s.30
36.3(1)District Education Council elections shall be held on the same day as general elections under the
Local Governance Act.
36.3(2)Where a first District Education Council election is held in accordance with section 36.8 within one year before the date fixed under subsection (1) for a regular District Education Council election, the second election for that District Education Council shall be held at the second subsequent regular District Education Council election.
36.3(3)Except for provisions inconsistent with this Act or the regulations under this Act and for provisions relating to by-elections, the provisions of the
Municipal Elections Act and the regulations under the
Municipal Elections Act, excluding Part 2 of that Act and the regulations made under that Part, are adopted for the purposes of and apply with the necessary modifications to District Education Council elections.
36.3(4)Repealed: 2007, c.79, s.65
36.3(5)Notwithstanding subsection 17(1) of the
Municipal Elections Act, a person is not eligible to nominate and shall not nominate a candidate for the office of councillor unless that person is a parent of a pupil enrolled in a school in the school district for which the candidate is offering.
36.3(6)Repealed: 2004, c.1, s.37
36.3(7)Where in a provision of the
Municipal Elections Act or the regulations under that Act, as adopted under subsection (3), the word “council” or “municipality” is found, for the purposes of this Act the words “District Education Council” or “school district” respectively shall be substituted.
36.3(7.1)Despite subsection (7), the word “municipality” in section 22.1 of the
Municipal Elections Act shall be substituted with the words “electoral zone” or, if an electoral zone has not been established, the word “subdistrict”.
36.3(8)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may authorize the Municipal Electoral Officer to designate persons to act on behalf of the Municipal Electoral Officer for the purposes of this Act.
36.3(9)A person who violates or fails to comply with an adopted provision that is listed in Column I of Schedule A of the
Municipal Elections Act commits an offence under this Act.
36.3(10)For the purposes of Part II of the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act, each offence referred to in subsection (9) is punishable as an offence of the category listed in Column II of Schedule A of the
Municipal Elections Act beside the section number of the adopted provision to which the offence relates.
36.3(11)For the purposes of subsections (9) and (10), “adopted provision” means a provision of the
Municipal Elections Act that is adopted with the necessary modifications under this section, or is adopted as modified under this section, as the case may be.
2000, c.52, s.30; 2004, c.1, s.37; 2004, c.2, s.16; 2007, c.79, s.65; 2017, c.20, s.54; 2018, c.10, s.6; 2021, c.10, s.1