Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 (TAS)

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 2014

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

BRYAN GREEN

Minister for Local Government

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis order may be cited as the Local Government (Number of Councillors) Order 2014 . 2CommencementThis order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette. 3Interpretation (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 2Number of Councillors4Number of councillors for Derwent Valley municipal areaThe 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. 5Number of councillors for Southern Midlands municipal areaThe 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. 6Number of councillors for Waratah-Wynyard municipal areaThe 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 3Amendment of Local Government Act 19937Principal ActIn this Part, the Local Government Act 1993 is referred to as the Principal Act. 8Schedule 3 amended (Municipal Areas, Councils and Electoral Districts) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting

Derwent Valley CPR 2481 Derwent Valley Council 9 ... ...

and substituting the following item:

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	...	...
(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

(b) by omitting

Southern Midlands CPR 2486 Southern Midlands Council 9 ... ...

and substituting the following item:

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	...	...
(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

(c) by omitting

Waratah-Wynyard CPR 2488 Waratah-Wynyard Council 10 ... ...

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	...	...
(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.