Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister, make the following order under sections 214E(1)(m) and 25(4) of the Local Government Act 1993 .
3 February 2014PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
BRYAN GREEN
Minister for Local Government
PART 1 - Preliminary
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
(1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws.(2) A word or expression used in this order and in the Local Government Act 1993 has the meaning it has in that Act.
PART 2 - Number of Councillors
4. Number of councillors for Derwent Valley municipal area
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors of the municipal area of Derwent Valley is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
5. Number of councillors for Southern Midlands municipal area
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Southern Midlands is 7 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
6. Number of councillors for Waratah-Wynyard municipal area
The total number of persons to be elected as councillors in the municipal area of Waratah-Wynyard is 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election of councillors for that municipal area that is held after this order takes effect.
PART 3 - Amendment of Local Government Act 1993
In this Part, the Local Government Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act.
8. Schedule 3 amended (Municipal Areas, Councils and Electoral Districts)
Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omittingand substituting the following item:
Derwent Valley
CPR 2481
Derwent Valley Council
9
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Derwent Valley
CPR 2481
Derwent Valley Council
(a) 9 until immediately before the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
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(b) 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
Southern Midlands CPR 2486
Southern Midlands Council
9
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Southern Midlands CPR 2486
Southern Midlands Council
(a) 9 until immediately before the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
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(b) 7 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
Waratah-Wynyard CPR 2488
Waratah-Wynyard Council
10
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Waratah-Wynyard CPR 2488
Waratah-Wynyard Council
(a) 10 until immediately before the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
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(b) 8 on and after the day on which the certificate of election is issued in respect of the next ordinary election held after the day on which the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 takes effect
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 12 February 2014
This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order –(a) determines the number of persons to be elected as councillors of the following municipal areas:(i) Derwent Valley;(ii) Southern Midlands;(iii) Waratah-Wynyard; and(b) amends Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1993 by updating the number of councillors in respect of those municipal areas to give effect to this order.