Regional Development Commissions Amendment Act 1997 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSIONS AMENDMENT

ACT 1997

No. 16 of 1997

AN ACT to amend the Regional Development Commissions

Act 1993.

[Assented to 8 July 1997.]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Regional Development

Commissions Amendment Act 1997.

No. 16] Regional Development Commissions

s. 2 Amendment Act 1997

Commencement

2.   This Act comes into operation on such day as is fixed by

proclamation.

Principal Act

3. In this Act the Regional Development Commissions

Act 1993* is referred to as the principal Act.

[* Act No. 53 of 1993.

For subsequent amendments see 1996 Index to

Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 194.]

Section 16 amended and transitional provision

4. (1) Section 16 (b) of the principal Act is amended by

inserting after ‘‘members’’ the following —

‘‘

are to be members of the council of a local government in

the region and

’’.

The requirement that a member of a Board referred to in section 16 (b) of the principal Act be a member of a council of a local government applies only in respect of appointments made under section 15 of the principal Act after the commencement of this Act and that requirement has no effect in respect of a Board constituted before the commencement of this Act.

(2)

Section 34 amended

5. (1) Section 34 (1) of the principal Act is amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ‘‘a person’’ and substituting the following —

‘‘ 3 persons ’’.

Regional Development Commissions [No. 16

Amendment Act 1997 s. 6

(2) After section 34 (2) of the principal Act the following

subsection is inserted —

‘‘

Two of the persons appointed by the Minister under subsection (1) (b) are to have experience and expertise in local government and are to be selected from nominations provided by the Western Australian Municipal Association constituted under section 9.58 of the Local Government Act 1995.

(3)

’’.

Schedule 2 amended

6. (1) Schedule 2 to the principal Act is amended in clause 1 (1) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph —

‘‘

(a) forfurtherreappointment,ifthereappointmentis consecutive to a previous appointment and will not result in the member holding office continually for a time which exceeds 6 years; or

’’.

Schedule 2 to the principal Act is amended in clause 2 by inserting after subclause (3) the following subclause —

(2)

‘‘

(4) The Minister is to terminate the appointment of a member who was nominated under section 16 (b) if that person has ceased to be a member of the council of a local government and has not resigned from office.

’’.

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer