(1) Where a new local authority is formed due to a merger of local authorities, the elections for the council of the newly formed local authority are held at the time prescribed in § 2 of this Act. (2) Where the relevant local authorities merge during the period between regular elections, the elections for the council of the newly formed local authority are held before the time prescribed in § 2 of this Act. (3) The elections for the council of a newly formed local authority are not held during the period between regular elections in a case where the regulation of the Government of the Republic on the alteration of administrative-territorial organisation enters into force less than one year before the election day prescribed in § 2. (4) In the event specified in subsection 2 of this section, a rural municipality or city electoral committee determines the election day by their resolution upon the approval of the State Electoral Office within 10 days after entry into force of a regulation of the Government of the Republic on the alteration of administrative-territorial organisation. The elections are held not earlier than on the 90th day after the elections are declared. The election day is a Sunday. [RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
§ § 4Time of elections for council of new local authority
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