Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Act Amendment Act 1966 (WA)

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EASTERN GOLDFIELDS

TRANSPORT BOARD.

No. 25 of 1966.

AN ACT to amend the Eastern Goldfields Transport

Board Act, 1946-1954.

[Assented to 27th October, 1966.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Eastern Lharetiratn,

Goldfields Transport Board Act Amendment Act,

1966.

(2) In this Act the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Act, 1946-1954, is referred to as the principal Act.

The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Eastern Goldfields Transport

Board Act, 1946-1966.

(3)

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Commence-

ment. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the

first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-

seven.

s.3

amended. 3. Section three of the principal Act is amended

by substituting for the interpretation, "local

authorities", the following interpretation

"local authority" means the municipality of the Town of Kalgoorlie, the Town of Boulder or the Shire of Kalgoorlie; .

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repealed and 4. Section eight of the principal Act is repealed

re-enacted. and re-enacted, with amendments, as follows-

Board.	8. (1) The Board shall consist of six members, elected as provided by section twenty- two of this Act, and a Chairman, appointed by the Governor from a panel of three names submitted by the three local authorities, jointly.
(2) The name of a person who is a member of the Council of one of the local authorities shall not be included in the panel of names submitted for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section. .
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repealed and

re-enacted. and re-enacted, with amendments, as follows-	5. Section eleven of the principal Act is repealed
Commence-
ment of

duties by

11. (1) After the coming into operation of the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Act Amendment Act, 1966, a person elected to the Board shall, except where he is elected to fill an extraordinary vacancy, take up his duties as member on the first day of July next following his election.

members.

(2) A person elected to fill an extraordinary

vacancy on the Board shall take up his duties

as member on the day following his election. .

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6. Section twelve of the principal Act is repealed repealed and

and re-enacted, with amendments, as follows—	re-enacted.
Duration

12. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this Act, every member of the Board who takes	of office of
members.
up his duties (including any member holding office on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven) shall hold office until and including the thirtieth day of June in the second year after his election and is eligible for re-election. .

7. Section nineteen of the principal Act is 8.19repealed and

repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, as	re-enacted.
follows-
Remunera-

19. The Chairman and members of the tion of

Board shall receive, out of the general fund of

Board.

the Board, such remuneration as the Governor

may, from time to time, allow. .

8. Section twenty of the principal Act is repealed s:!0 repealed and

and re-enacted, with amendments, as follows— re-enacted.

20. (1) A person is qualified for election to the Board, if he is eligible or qualified, under	Qualification
and dis-
qualification
of members.
the Local Government Act, 1960, to be elected as a member of the council of the local authority that, or the ratepayers of which, he is to represent; and, subject to subsection (2) of this section, a member of the Board is disqualified from holding office as such, if, in the circum- stances, he would be disqualified under that Act from acting as mayor, president or councillor of the local authority that, or the ratepayers of which, he represents.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a member of the Board to make and subscribe an oath or affirmation of allegiance, before taking up his duties. .

9. Section twenty-one of the principal Act is 8.21 repealed.

repealed.

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repealed and 10. Section twenty-two of the principal Act is

re-enacted.

repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, as

follows-

Election of

members. 22. (1) The members of the Board shall be elected

(a)	as to three of their number, one by the ratepayers of each local authority; and
(b)	as to the balance, one by the council of each local authority.

(2) The election of the members mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted every second year, at the same time as, and as nearly as practic- able as though it were, an election of councillors of the local authority, special ballot papers being (where necessary) provided by the local authority for that purpose.

(3) The election of the members mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be conducted every second year, not later than during the month of June, in such manner as each council may, for its own election, determine. .

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repealed and 11. Section forty-two of the principal Act is

re-enacted.

repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, as

follows-

Audit. 42. (1) The Board shall at its meeting during the month of July, in each year, appoint a person or persons, being a member or members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or of the Australian Society of Accountants, to be the auditor or auditors for the purposes of this and the succeeding sections of this Act, for the ensuing year, and shall at that time fix his or their remuneration.

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(2) After the coming into operation of the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Act Amendment Act, 1966, the accounts of the Board shall be made up to the thirtieth day of June, and the auditor or auditors shall examine the Board's accounts, during the month of August, in that year and in every year thereafter. .

12. Section forty-four of the principal Act is 2intided

amended by substituting for the word, "January",

in line four, the word, "September".

13. Section forty-eight of the principal Act is LiLded

amended by substituting for the word, "November",

in line three of subsection (2), the word, "June".

14.    Section fifty of the principal Act is repealed T.;?aIed and

and re-enacted, with amendments, as follows— re-enacted.

50. The provisions of section five hundred 3rido be

and thirty-seven of the Local Government Act, rated.

1960, do not apply to the Board and the Board

and its undertaking is not liable to be rated. .