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A person shall, unless disqualified by virtue of this Act or any other enactment, be qualified to be nominated as a candidate for election as, or to be elected, or to be, a member of a local authority if he is of full age and a British subject and not subject to any legal incapacity and—
(a)is, on the day on which he is nominated as a candidate, a local government elector for the area or any part of the area of the authority; or
(b)has during the whole of the twelve months preceding the day on which he is nominated as a candidate resided in the area of the authority.
For the purposes of this section, the area of a county council shall include any burgh within the county.
A person ceasing to hold office to which he is elected under this Act shall, unless he is not qualified or is disqualified, be eligible for re-election.
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